Pontypridd by-election, 1922

The Pontypridd by-election of 1922 was held on 25 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the appointed of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, Thomas Arthur Lewis, as a Junior Lord of the Treasury. It was won by the Labour candidate Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones.^[1] It was one of only eight ministerial by-elections in the UK not to be retained by the incumbent.

Pontypridd by-election, 1922^[2] Electorate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones	16,630	57.0	+14.2
	National Liberal	Thomas Arthur Lewis	12,550	43.0	−13.1
Majority			4,080	13.19
Turnout			29,180
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing	13.7

References

↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
↑ House of Commons Information Office Email Dated 18 December 2008

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