UK Polling History: Election of 18 June 1970 – Rhondda East
Result summary
| Parties | ||||
| Labour | Plaid Cymru |
Conservative | Other | |
| Votes | 19,602 | 6,931 | 1,359 | 659 |
| Votes gained | -1,965 | +4,843 | -498 | -1,690 |
| Share of votes | 68.7% | 24.3% | 4.8% | 2.3% |
| Share of eligible voters | 53.2% | 18.8% | 3.7% | 1.8% |
| Gain in share of votes | -8.8% | +16.8% | -1.9% | -6.1% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -7.5% | +12.9% | -1.5% | -4.8% |
| Total votes: | 28,551 | |
| Electorate: | 36,836 | |
| Turnout: | 77.5% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 12.8% | Plaid Cymru from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Labour | Communist | Other | Conservative | Plaid Cymru |
National Liberal |
Liberal | National | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Labour | Communist | Other | Conservative | Plaid Cymru |
National Liberal |
Liberal | National | ||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 19,602 | 659 | 1,359 | 6,931 | ||||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 21,567 | 2,349 | 1,857 | 2,088 | ||||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 20,510 | 3,385 | 2,548 | 2,361 | ||||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 20,565 | 4,580 | 3,629 | 2,776 | ||||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 21,859 | 4,544 | 3,711 | |||||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 27,958 | 2,948 | 3,522 | |||||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 26,645 | 4,463 | 2,634 | 1,357 | ||||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 16,733 | 15,761 | 2,123 | |||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | 22,088 | 13,655 | ||||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 22,086 | 10,359 | ||||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 19,010 | 5,789 | 2,901 | 10,269 | ||||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | Uncontested | |||||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 21,338 | 8,346 | ||||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 17,146 | 14,025 | ||||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | Uncontested | |||||||