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| Election of 14th Dec, 1918 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Coalition Liberal | 14127 | Elected |
| Labour | 12682 | |
More information about the 1918 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 15th Nov, 1922 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 17516 | Elected |
| Independent | 15552 | |
More information about the 1922 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 6th Dec, 1923 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19511 | Elected |
| Liberal | 7403 | |
| Conservative | 5548 | |
More information about the 1923 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 29th Oct, 1924 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 19882 | Elected |
| Conservative | 13383 | |
More information about the 1924 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 30th May, 1929 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 22701 | Elected |
| Liberal | 8696 | |
| Conservative | 6712 | |
More information about the 1929 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 27th Oct, 1931 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Independent Labour Party | 24623 | Elected |
| New Party | 10834 | |
More information about the 1931 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jun, 1934 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 18645 | Elected |
| Liberal | 10376 | |
| Independent Labour Party | 3508 | |
| Communist Party of Great Britain | 3409 | |
This was a by-election.
| Election of 14th Nov, 1935 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 20530 | Elected |
| Independent Labour Party | 9640 | |
More information about the 1935 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
| Election of 5th Jul, 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Outcome |
| Labour | 24879 | Elected |
| Independent Labour | 5693 | |
More information about the 1945 General Election is available here.
This was a General Election
This very simplified view of the changing industrial base of communities does identify the traditional sectors of Agriculture, Mining and Manufacturing which dominated many areas in the nineteenth century, but provides no breakdown of the service sector, in which the large majority of us now work.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Constituency (PBDivCon) through time | Historical Statistics on Political Life | Political Parties, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737956/cube/POL_PARTY
Date accessed: 01st June 2026