1955 Wrexham by-election

UK by-election May 2022 May 2022 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. Result 1955 Wrexham by-electionhttp://www.geocities.com/by_elections/55a.html#wrexham British parliamentary by-elections: Wrexham 1955 2011-01-16 Web Cite dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090831055341/http://geocities.com/by_elections/55a.html#wrexham 31 August 2009 Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. 9780900178023. Page 573 Welsh Labour Idwal Jones 23,402 57.9 -3.6 National Liberal and Conservative Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones 12,476 30.8 -4.0 Plaid Cymru Elystan Morgan 4,572 11.3 +7.7 10,926 27.0 +0.3 46,072 62.4 -22.4 64,788 Welsh Labour See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Wrexham constituency Sources Jones John Graham The Cardiganshire Election of 1966 Llafur: Journal of Welsh People's History 2004 9 1 95–106 https://datasyllwr.llgc.org.uk/journals/pdf/AWJBR032019.pdf References External links British parliamentary by-elections: Wrexham 1955 UK General Election results October 1951: Wrexham https://web.archive.org/web/20070319204728/http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/ge51/i21.htm 19 March 2007 A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers) Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:1955 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1955 in Wales Category:1950s elections in Wales Category:Politics of Wrexham Category:March 1955 in the United Kingdom