1955 Wrexham by-election

UK by-election

The 1955 Wrexham by-election was a by-election held on 17 March 1955 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wrexham in Denbighshire, Wales.

The by-election was caused by the death of the town's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Richards, who had held the seat since the 1935 general election.

The result was a victory for the Labour candidate James Idwal Jones, who held the seat with a majority of nearly 11,000 votes.

Result

1955 Wrexham by-election^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Idwal Jones	23,402	57.9	-3.6
	National Liberal	Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones	12,476	30.8	-4.0
	Plaid Cymru	Elystan Morgan	4,572	11.3	+7.7
Majority			10,926	27.0	+0.3
Turnout			46,072	62.4	-22.4
Registered electors			64,788
	Labour hold		Swing

Sources

Jones, John Graham (2004). "The Cardiganshire Election of 1966" (PDF). Llafur: Journal of Welsh People's History. 9 (1): 95–106.

References

^ "British parliamentary by-elections: Wrexham 1955". Web Cite. Archived from the original on 31 August 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 9780900178023. Page 573

External links

British parliamentary by-elections: Wrexham 1955
UK General Election results October 1951: Wrexham Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)

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