UK Polling History: Election of 10 October 1974 – Aberdare
Result summary
| Parties | |||||
| Labour | Plaid Cymru |
Conservative | Liberal | Other | |
| Votes | 24,197 | 8,133 | 2,775 | 2,118 | 1,028 |
| Votes gained | +392 | -3,840 | -394 | -8,476 | -10 |
| Share of votes | 63.3% | 21.3% | 7.3% | 5.5% | 2.7% |
| Share of eligible voters | 50.0% | 16.8% | 5.7% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Gain in share of votes | +3.7% | -8.7% | -0.7% | -17.6% | +0.1% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | +0.5% | -8.1% | -0.9% | -15.2% | -0.0% |
| Total votes: | 38,251 | |
| Electorate: | 48,370 | |
| Turnout: | 79.1% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 10.7% | Labour from Liberal |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from Merthyr Tydfil 14 December 1918 |
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Constituency succeeded by Cynon Valley 9 June 1983 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Plaid Cymru |
Liberal | Coalition Labour |
National Liberal |
Other | National | Communist | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | ||||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Plaid Cymru |
Liberal | Coalition Labour |
National Liberal |
Other | National | Communist | ||
| 3 May 1979 | General Election | 26,716 | 6,453 | 3,652 | 518 | |||||
| 10 October 1974 | General Election | 24,197 | 2,775 | 8,133 | 2,118 | 1,028 | ||||
| 28 February 1974 | General Election | 23,805 | 3,169 | 11,973 | 1,038 | |||||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 22,817 | 2,484 | 11,431 | 1,317 | |||||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 26,322 | 4,204 | 3,073 | 2,305 | |||||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 29,106 | 5,780 | 2,723 | ||||||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 30,889 | 6,584 | 3,367 | ||||||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 29,528 | 6,162 | 3,703 | ||||||
| 28 October 1954 | By Election | 24,658 | 5,158 | 5,671 | ||||||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 34,783 | 6,810 | 2,691 | ||||||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 33,930 | 6,098 | 3,310 | 1,382 | |||||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | 34,398 | 6,429 | |||||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | Uncontested | ||||||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | Uncontested | ||||||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 29,550 | 5,573 | 10,594 | ||||||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | 24,343 | 15,201 | |||||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 22,379 | 16,050 | |||||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 20,704 | 15,487 | |||||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | 6,229 | 22,824 | |||||||