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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		21,900/30,938	70.79
Charles Edwards	Labour Party	11,730	53.56
William Henry Williams	Liberal Party - Coalition	10,170	46.44
Majority		1,560	7.12

15 November 1922		27,402/33,741	81.21
Charles Edwards	Labour Party	17,270	63.02
Charles Ernest Bagram	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,132	36.98
Majority		7,138	26.05

6 December 1923		26,000/35,051	74.18
Charles Edwards	Labour Party	17,564	67.55
William Henry Williams	Liberal Party	8,436	32.45
Majority		9,128	35.11

29 October 1924		35,909
Charles Edwards	Labour Party	Unopposed

30 May 1929		32,957/44,023	74.86
Charles Edwards	Labour Party	26,021	78.95
Hubert Geoffrey Griffith	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,936	21.05
Majority		19,085	57.91

27 October 1931		44,432
Charles Edwards	Labour Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		45,328
Sir Charles Edwards	Labour Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		37,121/47,716	77.80
Rt Hon Sir Charles Edwards	Labour Party	30,480	82.11
Henry Lewis Tett	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,641	17.89
Majority		23,839	64.22

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		37,576/43,954	85.49
Harold Josiah Finch	Labour Party	31,329	83.38
Raymond Charles Pitman	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,247	16.62
Majority		25,082	66.75

25 October 1951		37,921/44,417	85.37
Harold Josiah Finch	Labour Party	31,582	83.28
John Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,339	16.72
Majority		25,243	66.57

26 May 1955		36,516/44,753	81.59
Harold Josiah Finch	Labour Party	30,104	82.44
James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,412	17.56
Majority		23,692	64.88

8 October 1959		37,514/44,890	83.57
Harold Josiah Finch	Labour Party	30,697	81.83
Charles James Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,817	18.17
Majority		23,880	63.66

15 October 1964		35,235/44,538	79.11
Harold Josiah Finch	Labour Party	29,425	83.51
Charles James Cox	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,810	16.49
Majority		23,615	67.02

31 March 1966		34,462/44,944	76.68
Harold Josiah Finch	Labour Party	29,723	86.25
John Nigel Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,739	13.75
Majority		24,984	72.50

18 June 1970		37,657/49,096	76.70
Neil Gordon Kinnock	Labour Party	28,078	74.56
Paul Marland	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,799	15.40
Charles Michael Davey	Plaid Cymru	3,780	10.04
Majority		22,279	59.16

28 February 1974		39,759/49,779	79.87
Neil Gordon Kinnock	Labour Party	26,664	67.06
Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,027	12.64
Rowland Godfrey Morgan	Liberal Party	5,020	12.63
Andrew Moore	Plaid Cymru	3,048	7.67
Majority		21,637	54.42

10 October 1974		38,681/50,179	77.09
Neil Gordon Kinnock	Labour Party	27,418	70.88
Hon Peter Leonard Brooke	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,556	11.78
Rowland Godfrey Morgan	Liberal Party	3,621	9.36
Dr David John Mogford	Plaid Cymru	3,086	7.98
Majority		22,862	59.10

3 May 1979		40,356/50,708	79.59
Neil Gordon Kinnock	Labour Party	28,794	71.35
Robert John Walter	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,358	20.71
Timothy Richards	Plaid Cymru	2,648	6.56
Peter Michael Rout	Ecology Party	556	1.38
Majority		20,436	50.64