1934 Merthyr by-election

The Merthyr by-election, 1934 was a parliamentary by-election held on 5 June 1934 for the British House of Commons constituency of Merthyr in Wales.

The seat had become vacant when the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) Richard Wallhead had died on 27 April 1934, aged 64. He had won the seat at the 1922 general election as a Labour candidate. At the 1931 general election, he had been returned as an Independent Labour Party (ILP) candidate, but had rejoined the Labour Party in 1933.

The Labour candidate, S. O. Davies, held the seat for his party.

Votes

Merthyr by-election, 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S. O. Davies	18,645	51.8
	Liberal	J. Victor Evans	10,376	28.9	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	Campbell Stephen	3,508	9.8	−59.6
	Communist	Wal Hannington	3,409	9.5
Majority			8,269	22.9
Turnout				81.1	+0.3
	Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party		Swing	+55.7

See also

• Merthyr constituency
• Merthyr Tydfil
• List of United Kingdom by-elections
• United Kingdom by-election records

References

• Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages