The 1955 Wrexham by-election was a by-election held on 17 March 1955 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wrexham in Denbighshire, Wales.
The by-election was caused by the death of the town's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Richards, who had held the seat since the 1935 general election.
The result was a victory for the Labour candidate James Idwal Jones, who held the seat with a majority of nearly 11,000 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Idwal Jones | 23,402 | 57.9 | -3.6 | |
National Liberal | Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones | 12,476 | 30.8 | -4.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Elystan Morgan | 4,572 | 11.3 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 10,926 | 27.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,072 | 62.4 | -22.4 | ||
Registered electors | 64,788 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The 1955 Wrexham by-election was a by-election held on 17 March 1955 for the British House of Commons constituency of Wrexham in Denbighshire, Wales.
The by-election was caused by the death of the town's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Robert Richards, who had held the seat since the 1935 general election.
The result was a victory for the Labour candidate James Idwal Jones, who held the seat with a majority of nearly 11,000 votes.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Idwal Jones | 23,402 | 57.9 | -3.6 | |
National Liberal | Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones | 12,476 | 30.8 | -4.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Elystan Morgan | 4,572 | 11.3 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 10,926 | 27.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,072 | 62.4 | -22.4 | ||
Registered electors | 64,788 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |