1922 Pontypridd by-election

The Pontypridd by-election of 1922 was held on 25 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the appointed of the incumbent Coalition 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.

1922 Pontypridd by-election[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Mardy-Jones	16,630	57.0	+14.2
C	Liberal	Thomas Arthur Lewis	12,550	43.0	-13.1
Majority			4,080	13.2	-0.2
Turnout			29,180	72.8	+4.5
Registered electors			40,071
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

1922 Pontypridd by-election

25 July 1922

Candidate Jones Lewis Party Labour Coalition Liberal Popular vote 16,630 12,550 Percentage 57.0 43.0

MP before election Lewis Coalition Liberal Subsequent MP Mardy Jones Labour

References

1. "House of Commons". leighrayment.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
2. House of Commons Information Office Email Dated 18 December 2008
3. Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 562