The Caerphilly by-election of 15 July 1968 was held after the death of Labour MP Ness Edwards.
The seat was very safe, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by over 21,000 votes [1] but Plaid Cymru gave Labour a serious fright in this by-election and came close to winning the seat on a huge swing.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 26,330 | 74.3 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Ronald J Maddocks | 5,182 | 14.6 | -2.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | John D A Howell | 3,949 | 11.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 21,148 | 59.7 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,461 | 76.8 | -1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 46,180 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Evans | 16,148 | 45.7 | -28.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 14,274 | 40.4 | +29.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Williams | 3,687 | 10.4 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Sadler | 1,257 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,874 | 5.3 | -54.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,366 | 75.9 | -0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 46,578 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The Caerphilly by-election of 15 July 1968 was held after the death of Labour MP Ness Edwards.
The seat was very safe, having been won by Labour at the 1966 United Kingdom general election by over 21,000 votes [1] but Plaid Cymru gave Labour a serious fright in this by-election and came close to winning the seat on a huge swing.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 26,330 | 74.3 | +2.2 | |
Conservative | Ronald J Maddocks | 5,182 | 14.6 | -2.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | John D A Howell | 3,949 | 11.1 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 21,148 | 59.7 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,461 | 76.8 | -1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 46,180 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Evans | 16,148 | 45.7 | -28.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 14,274 | 40.4 | +29.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Williams | 3,687 | 10.4 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Sadler | 1,257 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,874 | 5.3 | -54.4 | ||
Turnout | 35,366 | 75.9 | -0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 46,578 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |