1921 Caerphilly by-election
The Caerphilly by-election of 1921 was held on 24 August 1921. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Alfred Onions. It was held for Labour by Morgan Jones.[1]
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Candidates and campaign
Morgan Jones clinched the Labour nomination despite not being the preferred candidate of the South Wales Miners' Federation. He was the first conscientious objector to be elected to Parliament after World War I.[2]
The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) stood Bob Stewart, a member of its executive committee. The party had been founded in 1920, and this was its first Parliamentary election. It sent almost all its leading figures to campaign in the election.[3]
Result
Jones won an easy victory, with Edmunds in second, and the CPGB a distant third.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Morgan Jones | 13,699 | 54.2 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | William Rees Edmunds | 8,958 | 35.5 | -9.7 | |
Communist | Bob Stewart | 2,592 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,741 | 18.7 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,249 | 73.2 | +9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,511 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
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References
- "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com.
- Williams, Chris (2004). "Jones, Morgan (1885–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/66804.
- Klugmann, James (1968). History of the Communist Party of Great Britain. London: Lawrence and Wishart. pp. 182–183.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 557
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