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Bedwellty — UK General Election Results

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Bedwellty was won by Labour at the 1979 general election, with a majority of 20,436 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Bedwellty from 1918 to 1979.

Full Election History, 1918–1979

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1918 Charles Edwards (Labour) 11,730 53.6% William Henry Williams (Liberal) 1,560 (7.1 pts) 70.8%
1922 Charles Edwards (Labour) 17,270 63.0% Charles Ernest Bagram (Unionist) 7,138 (26.1 pts) 81.2%
1923 Charles Edwards (Labour) 17,564 67.6% William Henry Williams (Liberal) 9,128 (35.1 pts) 74.2%
1924 Charles Edwards (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1929 Charles Edwards (Labour) 26,021 79.0% Hubert Geoffrey Griffith (Unionist) 19,085 (57.9 pts) 74.9%
1931 Charles Edwards (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1935 Charles Edwards (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1945 Charles Edwards (Labour) 30,480 82.1% Henry Lewis Tett (Conservative) 23,839 (64.2 pts) 77.8%
1950 Harold Josiah Finch (Labour) 31,329 83.4% Raymond Charles Pitman (Conservative) 25,082 (66.8 pts) 85.5%
1951 Harold Josiah Finch (Labour) 31,582 83.3% John Smith (Conservative) 25,243 (66.6 pts) 85.4%
1955 Harold Josiah Finch (Labour) 30,104 82.4% James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins (Conservative) 23,692 (64.9 pts) 81.6%
1959 Harold Josiah Finch (Labour) 30,697 81.8% Charles James Cox (Conservative) 23,880 (63.7 pts) 83.6%
1964 Harold Josiah Finch (Labour) 29,425 83.5% Charles James Cox (Conservative) 23,615 (67.0 pts) 79.1%
1966 Harold Finch (Labour) 29,723 86.2% Nigel Williams (Conservative) 24,984 (72.5 pts) 76.7%
1970 Neil Kinnock (Labour) 28,078 74.6% Paul Marland (Conservative) 22,279 (59.2 pts) 76.7%
Feb 1974 Neil Kinnock (Labour) 26,664 67.1% Tim Yeo (Conservative) 21,637 (54.4 pts) 79.9%
Oct 1974 Neil Kinnock (Labour) 27,418 70.9% Peter Brooke (Conservative) 22,862 (59.1 pts) 77.1%
1979 Neil Kinnock (Labour) 28,794 71.3% Robert Walter (Conservative) 20,436 (50.6 pts) 79.6%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edwards Labour 11,73053.6% Yes
William Henry Williams Liberal 10,17046.4% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edwards Labour 17,27063.0% Yes
Charles Ernest Bagram Unionist 10,13237.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edwards Labour 17,56467.6% Yes
William Henry Williams Liberal 8,43632.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edwards Labour Unopposed Yes

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edwards Labour 26,02179.0% Yes
Hubert Geoffrey Griffith Unionist 6,93621.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edwards Labour Unopposed Yes

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edwards Labour Unopposed Yes

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Edwards Labour 30,48082.1% Yes
Henry Lewis Tett Conservative 6,64117.9% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Josiah Finch Labour 31,32983.4% Yes
Raymond Charles Pitman Conservative 6,24716.6% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Josiah Finch Labour 31,58283.3% Yes
John Smith Conservative 6,33916.7% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Josiah Finch Labour 30,10482.4% Yes
James Sidney Rawdon Scott-Hopkins Conservative 6,41217.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Josiah Finch Labour 30,69781.8% Yes
Charles James Cox Conservative 6,81718.2% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Josiah Finch Labour 29,42583.5% Yes
Charles James Cox Conservative 5,81016.5% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Harold Finch Labour 29,72386.2% Yes
Nigel Williams Conservative 4,73913.8% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Neil Kinnock Labour 28,07874.6% Yes
Paul Marland Conservative 5,79915.4% No
Charles Michael Davey Plaid Cymru 3,78010.0% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Neil Kinnock Labour 26,66467.1% Yes
Tim Yeo Conservative 5,02712.6% No
Rowland Godfrey Morgan Liberal 5,02012.6% No
Andrew Moore Plaid Cymru 3,0487.7% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Neil Kinnock Labour 27,41870.9% Yes
Peter Brooke Conservative 4,55611.8% No
Rowland Godfrey Morgan Liberal 3,6219.4% No
David John Mogford Plaid Cymru 3,0868.0% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Neil Kinnock Labour 28,79471.3% Yes
Robert Walter Conservative 8,35820.7% No
Timothy Richards Plaid Cymru 2,6486.6% No
Peter Michael Rout Green 5561.4% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1918: Labour margin 7.1 pts 1922: Labour margin 26.1 pts 1923: Labour margin 35.1 pts 1929: Labour margin 57.9 pts 1945: Labour margin 64.2 pts 1950: Labour margin 66.8 pts 1951: Labour margin 66.6 pts 1955: Labour margin 64.9 pts 1959: Labour margin 63.7 pts 1964: Labour margin 67.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 72.5 pts 1970: Labour margin 59.2 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 54.4 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 59.1 pts 1979: Labour margin 50.6 pts 1918 1922 1923 1929 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979

Trend

Bedwellty has been contested at 18 general elections on record since 1918. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Bedwellty in the 1979 general election?

Labour won Bedwellty in 1979 with 28,794 votes (71.3%), a majority of 20,436 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Bedwellty since 1918?

Since 1918, Bedwellty has been won by: Labour.

What was the closest result in Bedwellty?

The closest result on record for Bedwellty was 1918, when Labour beat Liberal by just 1,560 votes (7.1 percentage points).

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