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The 1922
Pontypridd () ( colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Geography comprises the electoral wards of , Hawthorn, Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan ( Rhydfelen), Trallwng ( Trallwn) and Treforest () ...
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 Thomas Arthur Lewis (21 September 1881 – 18 July 1923) was a Welsh school teacher, barrister and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Lewis was the son of the Reverend J.M. Lewis, a Baptist minister from Cemaes, Pembrokeshire, a ...
, as a
Junior Lord of the Treasury In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of t ...
. It was won by the Labour candidate
Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones (21 January 1879 – 26 August 1970) was a British politician and miner. The son of a Welsh miner Thomas Isaac, who later died in the mines, Jones rose up the ranks of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party to become Member ...
. It was the last of only eight
ministerial by-elections in the UK Ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster were held from 1801 to the 1920s when a Member of Parliament (MP) was appointed as a minister in the government. Unlike most Westminster by-elections, ministeria ...
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.


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1922 elections in the United Kingdom 1922 in Wales 1920s elections in Wales July 1922 events Politics of Glamorgan By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom {{Wales-UK-Parl-by-election-stub