1922 Pontypridd by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election May 2022 March 2022 1922 Pontypridd by-election presidential United Kingdom Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s 1918 Pontypridd (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s 1922 25 July 1922 Thomas Mardy Jones 85px Welsh Labour 16,630 57.0% Thomas Arthur Lewis 85px National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) 12,550 43.0% 250px MP Subsequent MP Thomas Arthur Lewis National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) Thomas Mardy Jones Welsh Labour The 1922 Pontypridd by-election was held on 25 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the appointment of the incumbent National Liberal MP, Thomas Arthur Lewis, as a Junior Lord of the Treasury. It was won by the Labour candidate Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 leighrayment.com House of Commons usurped 2017-08-11 It was the last of only eight ministerial by-elections in the UK not to be retained by the incumbent. The requirement for MPs who were appointed as ministers to seek re-election was entirely abolished by the Re-Election of Ministers Act (1919) Amendment Act 1926.http://www.election.demon.co.uk/causes.html Causes of Byelections since the 'Reform Act' Boothroyd David United Kingdom Election Results demon.co.uk 3 July 2021 8 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110808062807/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/causes.html 1922 Pontypridd by-electionCraig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. 0-900178-019. Page 562 Welsh Labour Thomas Mardy Jones 16,630 57.0 +14.2 National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) Thomas Arthur Lewis 12,550 43.0 -13.1 4,080 13.2 N/A 29,180 72.8 +4.5 40,071 Welsh Labour National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) References Category:1922 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1922 in Wales Category:1920s elections in Wales Category:July 1922 in the United Kingdom Category:Politics of Glamorgan Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:Ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom