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Labour hold / Leopold Abse

	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percent	Change
	Labour	Abse, Leopold	26,755	70.1%	-2.8%
	Conservative	Thomas, Paul S	8,903	23.3%	-3.8%
	Plaid Cymru	Morgan, Benjamin CL	2,519	6.6%	N/A
Majority			17,852	46.8%	+1%
Turnout			38,177	80.5%	3.4%
Swing				+0.5%
Note: These results are in comparison to the previous General Election, not the 10 Nov 1958 by-election