UK Polling History: Election of 26 May 1955 – Rhondda West
Result summary
| Parties | |||
| Labour | Plaid Cymru |
Conservative | |
| Votes | 21,288 | 4,424 | 3,134 |
| Votes gained | -4,835 | +1,957 | -501 |
| Share of votes | 73.8% | 15.3% | 10.9% |
| Share of eligible voters | 59.2% | 12.3% | 8.7% |
| Gain in share of votes | -7.3% | +7.7% | -0.4% |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -10.8% | +5.7% | -1.0% |
| Total votes: | 28,846 | |
| Electorate: | 35,943 | |
| Turnout: | 80.2% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 7.5% | Plaid Cymru from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Plaid Cymru |
Liberal | Communist | Other | National | Others | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Labour | Conservative | Plaid Cymru |
Liberal | Communist | Other | National | Others | ||
| 18 June 1970 | General Election | 18,779 | 1,610 | 3,528 | 1,201 | 0 | |||
| 9 March 1967 | By Election | 12,373 | 1,075 | 10,067 | 1,723 | ||||
| 31 March 1966 | General Election | 19,060 | 1,955 | 2,172 | 1,853 | 0 | |||
| 15 October 1964 | General Election | 20,713 | 2,754 | 2,668 | 0 | ||||
| 8 October 1959 | General Election | 21,130 | 3,242 | 4,978 | 0 | ||||
| 26 May 1955 | General Election | 21,288 | 3,134 | 4,424 | 0 | ||||
| 25 October 1951 | General Election | 26,123 | 3,635 | 2,467 | 0 | ||||
| 23 February 1950 | General Election | 27,150 | 3,632 | 2,183 | 0 | ||||
| 5 July 1945 | General Election | Uncontested | 0 | ||||||
| 14 November 1935 | General Election | Uncontested | 0 | ||||||
| 27 October 1931 | General Election | 23,024 | 4,296 | 0 | |||||
| 30 May 1929 | General Election | 23,238 | 3,210 | 9,247 | 0 | ||||
| 29 October 1924 | General Election | Uncontested | 0 | ||||||
| 6 December 1923 | General Election | 18,206 | 9,640 | 0 | |||||
| 15 November 1922 | General Election | 18,001 | 10,990 | 0 | |||||
| 14 December 1918 | General Election | Uncontested | 0 | ||||||