List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1970–February 1974)
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This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Welsh constituencies for the Forty-Fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom (1970–February 1974).
Most MPs elected for Welsh constituencies at the 1970 United Kingdom general election, held on 18 June 1970, served a full term, apart from Independent MP S. O. Davies who died in 1972.[1]
The list is sorted by the name of the MP.
Composition
[edit]| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Welsh Labour Party | 27 | |
| Welsh Conservative Party | 7 | |
| Welsh Liberal Party | 1 | |
| Independent Labour | 1 | |
| Total | 36 | |
MPs
[edit]By-elections
[edit]There was one by-election during this period:
- 1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election was won by Labour candidate Ted Rowlands
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Labour maverick Davies remembered". BBC News. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ "Court tribute to late peer and QC". BBC News. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Swansea MP Alan Williams dies". BBC News. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2024.