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Rhondda East was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons to the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1974. Along with Rhondda West it was formed by dividing the old Rhondda constituency.
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History
Rhondda East was for a time a heartland of the Communist Party of Great Britain, who formed the main opposition on the Council. For a time, Annie Powell was the only Communist mayor in Britain. Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the CPGB, narrowly failed to win the seat in 1945.
Elections in the 1910s
In the 1918 general election, David Watts-Morgan was elected unopposed.Elections in the 1920s
In the United Kingdom general election, 1924, David Watts-Morgan was elected unopposed.References
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