Rhondda East | |
---|---|
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1974 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Rhondda and South Glamorganshire |
Replaced by | Rhondda |
Rhondda East was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1974. Along with Rhondda West it was formed by dividing the old Rhondda constituency.
History
[edit]Rhondda East was for a time a heartland of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who formed the main opposition on the council. For a time, Annie Powell was the only Communist mayor in Britain. Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the CPGB, narrowly failed to win the seat in 1945.
Boundaries
[edit]1918–1949: The Urban District of Rhondda seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth wards, and part of the sixth.
1950–1974: The Urban District of Rhondda seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh wards, and part of the sixth.[1]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | David Watts-Morgan | Labour | |
1933 by-election | William Mainwaring | Labour | |
1959 | Elfed Davies | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished: see Rhondda |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | 17,146 | 55.0 | N/A | |
National Liberal | Frederick William Heale | 14,025 | 45.0 | New | |
Majority | 3,121 | 10.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,171 | 80.9 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | 21,338 | 71.9 | +16.9 | |
Unionist | Alfred John Orchard | 8,346 | 28.1 | New | |
Majority | 12,992 | 43.8 | +33.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,684 | 74.6 | −6.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watts Morgan | 19,010 | 50.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Richard David Chalke | 10,269 | 27.0 | New | |
Communist | Arthur Horner | 5,789 | 15.2 | New | |
Unionist | John Francis Powell | 2,901 | 7.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,741 | 23.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,969 | 84.7 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Watts-Morgan | 22,086 | 68.1 | +17.9 | |
Communist | Arthur Horner | 10,359 | 31.9 | +16.7 | |
Majority | 11,727 | 36.2 | +13.0 | ||
Turnout | 32,445 | 73.7 | −11.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Mainwaring | 14,127 | 42.5 | −25.6 | |
Communist | Arthur Horner | 11,228 | 33.8 | +1.9 | |
Liberal | William Thomas | 7,851 | 23.6 | New | |
Majority | 2,899 | 8.7 | −27.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,206 | 74.9 | +1.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Mainwaring | 22,088 | 61.8 | −6.3 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 13,655 | 38.2 | +6.3 | |
Majority | 8,433 | 23.6 | −12.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,743 | 80.8 | +6.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Mainwaring | 16,733 | 48.4 | −13.4 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 15,761 | 45.5 | +7.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | James Kitchener Davies | 2,123 | 6.1 | New | |
Majority | 972 | 2.9 | −20.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,617 | 82.8 | +2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −10.3 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Mainwaring | 26,645 | 75.9 | +26.5 | |
Communist | Harry Pollitt | 4,463 | 12.7 | −32.8 | |
Conservative | George Nicholls | 2,634 | 7.5 | New | |
Plaid Cymru | David Davies | 1,357 | 3.9 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 22,182 | 63.2 | +60.3 | ||
Turnout | 35,099 | 87.5 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Mainwaring | 27,958 | 81.2 | +5.3 | |
Conservative | Oliver Stutchbury | 3,522 | 10.3 | +2.8 | |
Communist | Idris Cox | 2,948 | 8.6 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 24,436 | 70.9 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,428 | 85.5 | −2.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Mainwaring | 21,859 | 72.6 | −8.6 | |
Communist | Annie Powell | 4,544 | 15.1 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Herbert R Rowlands | 3,711 | 12.3 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 17,315 | 57.5 | −13.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,114 | 85.5 | 0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elfed Davies | 20,565 | 65.2 | −7.4 | |
Communist | Annie Powell | 4,580 | 14.5 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | David Peace | 3,629 | 11.5 | −0.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Noel Williams | 2,776 | 8.8 | New | |
Majority | 15,985 | 50.7 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,550 | 83.2 | −2.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elfed Davies | 20,510 | 71.2 | +6.0 | |
Communist | Annie Powell | 3,385 | 11.8 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | David Purnell | 2,548 | 8.9 | −2.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyn P James | 2,361 | 8.2 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 17,125 | 59.4 | +8.7 | ||
Turnout | 28,804 | 79.5 | −3.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elfed Davies | 21,567 | 77.4 | +2.2 | |
Communist | Annie Powell | 2,349 | 8.4 | −3.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyn Pryce James | 2,088 | 7.5 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | William Kenneth R. Ricketts | 1,857 | 6.7 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 19,218 | 69.0 | +9.6 | ||
Turnout | 27,861 | 78.5 | −1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elfed Davies | 19,602 | 68.7 | −8.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Glyn Pryce James | 6,931 | 24.3 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Richard C. Mullett | 1,359 | 4.8 | −1.9 | |
Communist | Arthur Jones | 659 | 2.3 | −6.1 | |
Majority | 12,671 | 44.4 | −24.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,551 | 77.4 | −1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 3)
- http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ (Election results from 1951 to the present)
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949
- F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950 - 1970