1922 Pontypridd by-election

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 the last of only eight ministerial by-elections in the UK not to be retained by the incumbent.

1922 Pontypridd by-election[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Mardy-Jones 16,630 57.0 +14.2
C Liberal Thomas Arthur Lewis 12,550 43.0 -13.1
Majority 4,080 13.2 N/A
Turnout 29,180 72.8 +4.5
Registered electors 40,071
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

1922 Pontypridd by-election

25 July 1922
 
Candidate Jones Lewis
Party Labour Coalition Liberal
Popular vote 16,630 12,550
Percentage 57.0 43.0

MP before election

Lewis
Coalition Liberal

Subsequent MP

Mardy Jones
Labour

References

  1. "House of Commons". leighrayment.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. House of Commons Information Office Email Dated 18 December 2008
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 562


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