Aberdare - UK Parliament Constituency

Here are the most recent election results for the Aberdare constituency.

Note: Smaller parties may be omitted. The candidate with the largest vote who does not belong to one of the main parties is listed as 'Minor'. Votes listed for 'Other' are calculated by taking the votes from the main parties and 'Minor' away from the total votes cast.

Name	Aberdare
Region	Wales
Current Status	Abolished

Electoral History

Election		Party
	Election 1979	Labour
	Election 1974 (October)	Labour
	Election 1974 (February)	Labour
	Election 1970	Labour
	Election 1966	Labour
	Election 1964	Labour
	Election 1959	Labour
	Election 1955	Labour

Election 1979

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	26,716	71.55%	+8.29%
	Conservative	6,453	17.28%	+10.03%
	Plaid Cymru	3,652	9.78%	-11.48%
	Others	518	1.39%	N/A
Majority		20,263	54.27%
Turnout		37,339	78.61%	-0.47%
Electorate		47,500
Swing from PC to CON			10.75%
Swing from PC to LAB			9.89%
Swing from LAB to CON			0.87%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (October)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	24,197	63.26%	+3.72%
	Plaid Cymru	8,133	21.26%	-8.68%
	Conservative	2,775	7.25%	-0.67%
	Liberal	2,118	5.54%	N/A
	Others	1,028	2.69%	N/A
Majority		16,064	42.00%
Turnout		38,251	79.08%	-4.18%
Electorate		48,370
Swing from PC to LAB			6.20%
Swing from PC to CON			4.01%
Swing from CON to LAB			2.20%
	Labour hold

Election 1974 (February)

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	23,805	59.53%	-0.43%
	Plaid Cymru	11,973	29.94%	-0.10%
	Conservative	3,169	7.93%	+1.40%
	Others	1,038	2.60%	N/A
Majority		11,832	29.59%
Turnout		39,985	83.26%	+5.24%
Electorate		48,026
Swing from LAB to CON			0.91%
Swing from PC to CON			0.75%
Swing from LAB to PC			0.17%
	Labour hold

Election 1970

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	22,817	59.97%	-13.34%
	Plaid Cymru	11,431	30.04%	+21.48%
	Conservative	2,484	6.53%	-5.18%
	Others	1,317	3.46%	N/A
Majority		11,386	29.92%
Turnout		38,049	78.02%	+1.00%
Electorate		48,771
Swing from LAB to PC			17.41%
Swing from CON to PC			13.33%
Swing from LAB to CON			4.08%
	Labour hold

Election 1966

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	26,322	73.31%	-4.08%
	Conservative	4,204	11.71%	-3.66%
	Plaid Cymru	3,073	8.56%	+1.32%
	Others	2,305	6.42%	N/A
Majority		22,118	61.60%
Turnout		35,904	77.02%	-2.13%
Electorate		46,618
Swing from LAB to PC			2.70%
Swing from CON to PC			2.49%
Swing from LAB to CON			0.21%
	Labour hold

Election 1964

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	29,106	77.39%	+1.76%
	Conservative	5,780	15.37%	-0.75%
	Plaid Cymru	2,723	7.24%	-1.00%
Majority		23,326	62.02%
Turnout		37,609	79.15%	-3.99%
Electorate		47,519
Swing from PC to LAB			1.38%
Swing from CON to LAB			1.25%
Swing from PC to CON			0.13%
	Labour hold

Election 1959

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	30,889	75.63%	+0.68%
	Conservative	6,584	16.12%	+0.48%
	Plaid Cymru	3,367	8.24%	-1.16%
Majority		24,305	59.51%
Turnout		40,840	83.14%	+4.87%
Electorate		49,124
Swing from PC to LAB			0.92%
Swing from PC to CON			0.82%
Swing from CON to LAB			0.10%
	Labour hold

Election 1955

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Party		Votes	Percentage	Change
	Labour	29,528	74.96%	N/A
	Conservative	6,162	15.64%	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	3,703	9.40%	N/A
Majority		23,366	59.32%
Turnout		39,393	78.26%	N/A
Electorate		50,333

	Labour win

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