Rhondda West by-election, 1967

The Rhondda West by-election, 1967 was a parliamentary by-election held in 1967 for the British House of Commons constituency of Rhondda West in Wales.

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Iorwerth Rhys Thomas, died on 3 December 1966, aged 71. He had held the seat since the 1950 general election.

The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, Trevor Alec Jones, who won with a majority of 2,306 over the Plaid Cymru's H. Vic Davies.

Jones represented the constituency until his death in March 1983. No by-election was held because of the imminence of the 1983 general election.

Rhondda West by-election, 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Alec Jones	12,373	49.0	−27.0
	Plaid Cymru	Henry Vic Davies	10,067	39.9	+31.2
	Communist	Arthur True	1,723	6.8	−0.6
	Conservative	Gareth Neale	1,075	4.3	−3.6
Majority			2,306	9.1	−58.3
Turnout			25,238
	Labour hold		Swing	−29.1

References

• UK General Elections since 1832
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)

See also

• Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)
• Rhondda West by-election, 1920
• Rhondda
• List of United Kingdom by-elections