Abertillery (UK Parliament constituency)

Abertillery
Abertillery
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	West Monmouthshire
Replaced by	Blaenau Gwent and Islwyn

Abertillery was a county constituency centred on the town of Abertillery in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system of election. From 1950 up to (and including) 1970, it was the safest Labour seat in the United Kingdom.

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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Brace	Unopposed
	Labour win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Barker	15,942	66.4	*N/A*
C	Liberal	George Hay Morgan	7,842	33.6	New
Majority			7,650	32.8	N/A
Turnout			23,784	70.8	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Barker	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Barker	Unopposed	*N/A*	*N/A*
	Labour hold

Boundaries

Abertillery
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seats	one
Created from	West Monmouthshire
Replaced by	Blaenau Gwent and Islwyn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Daggar	20,175	64.5	*N/A*
	Liberal	Walter Reynallt Meredith	8,425	26.9	New
	Unionist	Peter John Feilding Chapman-Walker	2,697	8.6	New
Majority			11,750	37.6	N/A
Turnout			31,297	82.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Daggar	28,615	86.6	*N/A*
	National	John Hayward	4,422	13.4	New
Majority			24,193	73.2	N/A
Turnout			33,037	81.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Daggar	29,609	87.05
	Conservative	OJ Lewis	4,403	12.95	New
Majority			25,206	74.10
Turnout			34,012	84.58
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llywelyn Williams	24,622	86.51	−0.54
	Conservative	Richard Body	3,839	13.49	+0.54
Majority			20,783	73.02	−1.09
Turnout			28,461	71.1	−15.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llywelyn Williams	29,321	86.94	−0.11
	Conservative	John Radcliffe	4,404	13.06	+0.11
Majority			24,917	73.88	−0.22
Turnout			33,725	84.04	−0.54
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.11

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llywelyn Williams	25,599	82.74	−4.20
	Conservative	Arthur G Davies	4,081	13.19	+0.13
	Welsh Nationalist	Trefor Richard Morgan	1,259	4.07	New
Majority			21,518	69.55	−4.33
Turnout			30,939	79.11	−4.93
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llywelyn Williams	26,931	85.0	+2.3
	Conservative	Ronald J Maddocks	4,740	15.0	+1.8
Majority			22,191	70.0	+0.5
Turnout			31,671	81.9	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llywelyn Williams	24,204	85.9	+0.9
	Conservative	Peter Rees	3,973	14.1	−0.9
Majority			20,231	71.8	+1.8
Turnout			28,177	75.5	−6.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Williams	18,256	79.0	−6.9
	Conservative	Peter Rees	3,309	14.3	+0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Edward Merriman	1,551	6.7	New
Majority			14,947	64.7	−7.1
Turnout			23,116	63.2	−12.3
	Labour hold		Swing

1966 general election: Abertillery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clifford Williams	23,353	88.1	+2.2
	Conservative	Anthony Peter Wallis	3,151	11.9	−2.2
Majority			20,202	76.2	+4.4
Turnout			26,504	73.4	−2.1
	Labour hold		Swing

1970 general election: Abertillery^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Thomas	22,819	81.4	−6.7
	Conservative	John E. Rendle	3,478	12.4	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	David B. Harries	1,751	6.2	New
Majority			19,341	69.0	−7.2
Turnout			28,048	75.0	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

February 1974 general election: Abertillery^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Thomas	20,068	70.3	−11.1
	Plaid Cymru	William Aneurin Richards	3,119	10.9	+4.7
	Conservative	Neil Hamilton	2,730	9.6	−2.8
	Liberal	Hugh Westcott Clark	2,632	9.2	New
Majority			16,949	59.4	−9.6
Turnout			28,549	78.6	−3.4
	Labour hold		Swing

October 1974 general election: Abertillery^[10]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Thomas	20,835	76.9	+5.6
	Plaid Cymru	William Aneurin Richards	2,480	9.0	−1.9
	Conservative	Pamela Joan Evelyn Larney	2,364	8.6	−1.0
	Liberal	Hugh Westcott Clark	1,779	6.5	−2.7
Majority			18,355	66.9	+7.5
Turnout			27,458	75.1	−3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Thomas	21,698	76.0	−0.9
	Conservative	Ralph Tuck	4,613	16.2	+7.6
	Plaid Cymru	David Brian Harries	2,248	7.9	−1.1
Majority			17,085	59.8	−7.1
Turnout			28,559	80.2	+5.1
	Labour hold		Swing