1920 Rhondda West by-election explained

Election Name:1920 Rhondda West by-election
Type:presidential
Country:Wales
Previous Election:Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s
Previous Year:1918
Next Election:Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s
Next Year:1922
Election Date:21 December 1920
Party1:Welsh Labour
Popular Vote1:14,035
Percentage1:58.5
Party2:Unionist Party (UK)
Popular Vote2:9,959
Percentage2:41.5
Map Size:250px
Posttitle:Subsequent MP
Before Party:Welsh Labour
After Party:Welsh Labour

The 1920 Rhondda West by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 December 1920 for the British House of Commons constituency of Rhondda West in Wales.

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Labour Member of Parliament (MP), William Abraham, resigned from Parliament. He had held the seat since its creation at the 1918 general election, when he was returned unopposed. He had been the MP for the previous Rhondda constituency from its creation for the 1885 general election.

The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate, William John, who won with a majority of 4,076 votes over Gwilym Rowlands. Rowlands described himself as "Labour in the Conservative interest", but was an official Conservative Party candidate.

John represented the constituency until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1950 general election.

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