1922 Pontypridd by-election

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The 1922 Pontypridd by-election was held on 25 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the appointment of the incumbent National 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. The requirement for MPs who were appointed as ministers to seek re-election was entirely abolished by the Re-Election of Ministers Act (1919) Amendment Act 1926.[2]

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1922 Pontypridd by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Mardy Jones 16,630 57.0 +14.2
C National 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 National Liberal Swing
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1922 Pontypridd by-election

← 1918
25 July 1922
1922 â†’
 
Candidate Thomas Mardy Jones Thomas Arthur Lewis
Party Labour National Liberal
Popular vote 16,630 12,550
Percentage 57.0% 43.0%

MP before election

Thomas Arthur Lewis
National Liberal

Subsequent MP

Thomas Mardy Jones
Labour

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