1922 Pontypridd by-election
25 July 1922
 
Candidate Jones Lewis
Party Labour National Liberal
Popular vote 16,630 12,550
Percentage 57.0 43.0
MP before election

Lewis
National Liberal

 Subsequent MP

Mardy Jones
Labour

The 1922 Pontypridd by-election was held on 25 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the appointment 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. The requirement for MPs who were appointed as ministers to seek re-election was entirely abolished by the Re-Election of Ministers Act (1919) Amendment Act 1926.[2]

1922 Pontypridd by-election[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 N/A
Turnout 29,180 72.8 +4.5
Registered electors 40,071
Labour gain from Liberal Swing

References

  1. ↑ "House of Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Causes of Byelections since the 'Reform Act'". United Kingdom Election Results. demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 562


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