1965 Abertillery by-election

The Abertillery by-election of 1 April 1965 was held after the death of Labour MP Llywelyn Williams.

The seat was very safe, having been won at the 1964 United Kingdom general election by over 20,000 votes[1]

Result of the previous general election
General election 1964: Abertillery
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Llywelyn Williams 24,204 85.90
Conservative Peter Rees 3,973 14.10
Majority 20,231 71.80 –

Result of the by-election
By-election 1965: Abertillery[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Clifford Williams 18,256 78.98 -6.92
Conservative Peter Rees 3,309 14.31 +0.21
Plaid Cymru Edward Merriman 1,551 6.71 N/A
Majority 14,947 64.67 -7.13
Turnout 23,116
Labour hold Swing
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References
  1. Archived 14 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine PoliticsResources.net
  2. "1965 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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