Editing Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency) (section)

===Elections in the 1970s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970 general election]]: Aberavon<ref name="Craig, F. W. S. 1950-70">Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. {{ISBN|9780900178023}}. Page 576</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour
  |candidate  = [[John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon|John Morris]]
  |votes      = 31,314
  |percentage = 67.0
  |change     = −8.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservatives
  |candidate  = [[Ian Grist]]
  |votes      = 10,419
  |percentage = 22.3
  |change     = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |candidate  = Graham Farmer
  |votes      = 3,912
  |percentage = 8.4
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of Great Britain
  |candidate  = [[Julian Tudor Hart]]
  |votes      = 1,102
  |percentage = 2.3
  |change     = −1.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 20,895
  |percentage = 44.7
  |change     = −9.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 46,747
  |percentage = 74.8
  |change     = −3.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
  |reg. electors = 62,516
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Welsh Labour
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|February 1974 general election]]: Aberavon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i01.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=28 February 1974|work=Election February 1974|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2021-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811173224/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i01.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour
  |candidate  = [[John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon|John Morris]]
  |votes      = 31,656
  |percentage = 65.2
  |change     = −1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservatives
  |candidate  = [[Peter Hubbard-Miles]]
  |votes      = 10,968
  |percentage = 22.6
  |change     = +0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |candidate  = D G Foster
  |votes      = 5,898
  |percentage = 12.2
  |change     = +3.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 20,688
  |percentage = 42.6
  |change     = −2.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 48,522
  |percentage = 75.6
  |change     = +0.8
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
  |reg. electors = 64,162
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Welsh Labour
  |swing      = −1.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|October 1974 general election]]: Aberavon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i01.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=10 October 1974|work=Election October 1974|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2021-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811155111/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i01.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour
  |candidate  = [[John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon|John Morris]]
  |votes      = 29,683
  |percentage = 62.8
  |change     = −2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservatives
  |candidate  = Nigel K Hammond
  |votes      = 7,931
  |percentage = 16.8
  |change     = −5.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Sheila M. Cutts
  |votes      = 5,178
  |percentage = 11.0
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |candidate  = Geraint Thomas
  |votes      = 4,032
  |percentage = 8.5
  |change     = −3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
  |candidate  = J Bevan
  |votes      = 427
  |percentage = 0.9
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 21,752
  |percentage = 46.0
  |change     = +3.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 47,251
  |percentage = 73.1
  |change     = −2.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
  |reg. electors = 64,667
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Welsh Labour
  |swing      = +1.7
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979 general election]]: Aberavon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i01.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=3 May 1979|work=Election 1979|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=2021-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811163031/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i01.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Labour
  |candidate  = [[John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon|John Morris]]
  |votes      = 31,665
  |percentage = 61.7
  |change     = −1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Welsh Conservatives
  |candidate  = F McCarthy
  |votes      = 12,692
  |percentage = 24.7
  |change     = +7.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Liberal Party (UK)
  |candidate  = Sheila M. Cutts
  |votes      = 4,624
  |percentage = 9.0
  |change     = −2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Plaid Cymru
  |candidate  = Geraint Thomas
  |votes      = 1,954
  |percentage = 3.8
  |change     = −4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Communist Party of Great Britain
  |candidate  = G Rowden
  |votes      = 406
  |percentage = 0.8
  |change     = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
  |votes      = 18,973
  |percentage = 37.0
  |change     = −9.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
  |votes      = 47,179
  |percentage = 79.2
  |change     = +6.1
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
  |reg. electors = 64,864
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
  |winner     = Welsh Labour
  |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}