The 1989 Pontypridd by-election was a by-election held in Wales on 23 February 1989 for the House of Commons constituency of Pontypridd in Mid Glamorgan.
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Constituency of Pontypridd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 62.0% ( 19.3%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The by-election was caused by the death of the constituency's Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Brynmor John on 13 December 1988.
The result was a Labour Party hold, with Dr Kim Howells winning a majority of almost 11,000 votes.
Whilst out canvassing for the Conservative party, neighbouring MP Sir Raymond Gower died, which resulted in the Vale of Glamorgan by-election.
Result
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Kim Howells | 20,549 | 53.4 | −2.9 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Syd Morgan | 9,775 | 25.3 | +20.0 | |
| Conservative | Nigel Evans | 5,212 | 13.5 | −6.0 | |
| SLD | Tom Ellis | 1,500 | 3.9 | −15.0 | |
| SDP | Terry Thomas | 1,199 | 3.1 | N/A | |
| Communist | David Richards | 239 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | David Black | 57 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,794 | 28.0 | −8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 38,511 | 62.0 | −19.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 61,193 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | −11.5 | |||
References
edit- ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 1 October 2015.