UK Parliamentary by-election
1922 Pontypridd by-election
The 1922 Pontypridd by-election was held on 25 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the appointment of the incumbent Coalition Liberal MP, Thomas Arthur Lewis , as a Junior Lord of the Treasury . It was won by the Labour candidate Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones .[1] 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.[2]
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^ Boothroyd, David. "Causes of Byelections since the 'Reform Act' " . United Kingdom Election Results . demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2021 .
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 562
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