Abertillery by-election, 1950
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The Abertillery
by-election
of 30 November 1950 was held after the death of Labour
MP
George Daggar
.
The seat was very safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1950
by over 25,000 votes
held the subsequent by-election seeing his vote share increase by just over half of one percent, whilst his Conservative opponent share decreased by the same amount
Abertillery (UK Parliament constituency)
Abertillery was a county constituency centred on the town of Abertillery in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system of election...
by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
of 30 November 1950 was held after the death of Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
MP
Member of Parliament
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George Daggar
George Daggar
George Daggar was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1929 general election as Member of Parliament for the safe Labour seat of Abertillery in Monmouthshire, Wales...
.
The seat was very safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1950
United Kingdom general election, 1950
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
by over 25,000 votes
Result of the previous general election
Result of the by-election
Llywelyn WilliamsLlywelyn Williams
Llywelyn Williams was a Welsh Labour Party politician.In November 1950 he was elected as Member of Parliament for the safe Labour seat of Abertillery in a by-election after the death of sitting MP George Daggar...
held the subsequent by-election seeing his vote share increase by just over half of one percent, whilst his Conservative opponent share decreased by the same amount