1922 Pontypridd by-election explained

Election Name:1922 Pontypridd by-election
Type:presidential
Country:United Kingdom
Previous Election:Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s
Previous Year:1918
Next Election:Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s
Next Year:1922
Election Date:25 July 1922
Party1:Welsh Labour
Popular Vote1:16,630
Percentage1:57.0
Party2:Coalition Liberal
Popular Vote2:12,550
Percentage2:43.0
Map Size:250px
Posttitle:Subsequent MP
Before Party:Coalition Liberal
After Party:Welsh 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: House of Commons. https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm. 7 June 2008. leighrayment.com. usurped. 2017-08-11.
  2. Web site: Causes of Byelections since the 'Reform Act' . Boothroyd . David . United Kingdom Election Results . demon.co.uk . 3 July 2021 . 8 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110808062807/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/causes.html.