The 1967 Rhondda West by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 9 March 1967 for the

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of Rhondda West in

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. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's

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(MP), Iorwerth Thomas, died on 3 December 1966, aged 71. He had held the seat since the 1950 general election. The result of the contest was a victory for the Labour candidate,

Alec Jones Trevor Alec Jones (12 August 1924 – 20 March 1983) was a British Labour Party politician. Jones was born in Clydach Vale and educated at Rhondda Boys' Grammar School. After obtaining a teaching qualification at Bangor Normal College, he tau ...

, who won with a majority of 2,306 over

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's H. Vic Davies. Jones represented the constituency until his death in March 1983. No by-election was held because of the imminence of the 1983 general election.

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UK General Elections since 1832
* {{Westminster by-elections in Wales 1950–present By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies 1967 elections in the United Kingdom 1967 in Wales 1960s elections in Wales History of Rhondda Cynon Taf

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