Caerfyrddin (UK Parliament constituency)
Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Dyfed |
Major settlements | Carmarthen, Ammanford, Llandeilo |
1918–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire |
1542–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
2024–present |
Caerfyrddin is a proposed parliamentary constituency in Wales to return one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from the next general election. It previously existed between 1542 and 1997 under the English version of the name, Carmarthen. It was named Carmarthen Boroughs from 1832 to 1918; between 1997 and 2024 it was divided between Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
History[edit]
Because the seat contained mining areas in the valley of the River Gwendraeth (until the 1980s), much countryside and a high proportion of Welsh speakers, it was fertile territory for the Labour Party, the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru alike. Although the Conservatives never won the seat, they came within 1200 votes of doing so in 1983.
Carmarthen is notable as the first constituency to elect a Plaid Cymru MP, Gwynfor Evans, at a 1966 by-election. Evans was later involved in one of the closest General Election results ever in February 1974, when he lost to the Labour candidate by only three votes.[1][2] The constituency also shot to fame in the following election in October 1974 as the only seat in the country to see its turnout rise on that of February 1974.
Boundaries[edit]
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. Until 1832, it was a borough constituency consisting of the town of Carmarthen. Between 1832 and 1918 it was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of Carmarthen itself and Llanelli, and was sometimes called "The Carmarthen Boroughs".
In 1918, the borough was abolished, but the name was transferred to one of the divisions of the county of Carmarthenshire. The constituency was made up of the whole of the county of Carmarthenshire except for the urban area around Llanelli. Notable towns were Carmarthen itself, Ammanford and Llandeilo.
In 1997, the Boundary Commission for Wales recommended an extra seat for Dyfed.[3] This led to the seat being split two to one between Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire.[4]
The constituency is be re-established as Caerfyrddin as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final proposals of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election.[5]
Members of Parliament[edit]
MPs 1542–1640[edit]
Parliament | Member |
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1542 | Gruffydd Williams[6] |
1545 | Gruffydd Williams[6] |
1547 | Thomas Phaer[6] |
1553 (Mar) | William Parry[6] |
1553 (Oct) | Gruffydd Hygons[6] |
1554 (Apr) | William Aubrey[6][7] |
1554 (Nov) | John Parry[6] |
1555 | William Wightman[6] |
1558 | John Vaughan[6] |
1559 | John Parry[8] |
1563 | John Morgan[8] |
1571 | ?John Vaughan[8] |
1572 | Thomas Wigmore[8] |
1584 | John Puckering, sat for Bedford replaced 1584 by Edward Donne Lee[8] |
1586 | Edward Donne Lee[8] |
1588 | Gelly Meyrick[8] |
1593 | Sir Thomas Baskerville[8] |
1597 | Henry Vaughan[8] |
1601 | Walter Rice[8] |
1604–1611 | Sir Walter Rice |
1614 | William Thomas |
1621 | Henry Vaughan |
1624 | Henry Vaughan |
1626 | Henry Vaughan |
1628 | Henry Vaughan |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
1640–1832[edit]
Election | Member[9] | Party | |
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1640 (Apr) | Francis Lloyd | Royalist | |
1640 (Nov) | Francis Lloyd | Royalist | |
February 1644 | Lloyd disabled from sitting – seat vacant | ||
1646 | William Davies | ||
December 1648 | Davies not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | ||
1653 | Carmarthen was not represented in the Barebones Parliament or the First or Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||
January 1659 | David Morgan | ||
May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | ||
April 1660 | Arthur Annesley | ||
1661 | Hon. John Vaughan | ||
1679 | Altham Vaughan | ||
1685 | Richard Vaughan | ||
1725 | James Phillips | ||
1727 | Arthur Bevan | ||
1741 | Sir John Philipps | ||
1747 | Thomas Mathews | ||
1751 | Griffith Philipps | ||
1761 | The Earl Verney | ||
1768 | Griffith Philipps | ||
1774 | John Adams | ||
1780 | George Philipps | ||
1784 | John George Philipps | ||
May 1796 | Magens Dorrien Magens[10] | ||
November 1796 | John George Philipps | ||
1803 | Sir William Paxton | ||
1806 | Vice-Admiral George Campbell | Whig[11] | |
1813 | John Campbell | Whig[11] | |
1821 | John Jones | Tory[11] |
1832–1918: Carmarthen Boroughs[edit]
1918–1997: county constituency[edit]
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 1830s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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At the 1830 general election, rioting broke out during polling, at which point John Jones and his Whig rival, John George Philipps, had secured three votes apiece. The vote was abandoned and a by-election was called four months later in December.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John George Philipps | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 71 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | c. 66.0The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | William Henry Yelverton | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 50.6 | +8.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Jones | 295 | 49.4 | −8.0 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 597 | 87.3 | c. +21.3The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | ||
Registered electors | 684 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Lewis | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 53.1 | +3.7 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | William Henry Yelverton | 268 | 46.9 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 36 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 572 | 74.0 | −13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 773 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Morris | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 53.7 | +6.8 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Lewis | 287 | 46.3 | −6.8 | |
Majority | 46 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 620 | 78.9 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 786 | ||||
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Elections in the 1840s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 938 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 991 | ||||
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Elections in the 1850s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 849 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 799 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 823 | ||||
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Elections in the 1860s[edit]
Morris' death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | William Morris | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | William Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 884 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Cowell-Stepney | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 76.1 | N/A | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Morgan Dalrymple Treherne[18] | 595 | 23.9 | New | |
Majority | 1,297 | 52.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,487 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,286 | ||||
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Elections in the 1870s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Charles William Nevill | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 52.8 | +28.9 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Arthur Cowell-Stepney | 1,481 | 47.2 | −28.9 | |
Majority | 173 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,135 | 69.8 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,494 | ||||
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. gain from The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Swing | +28.9 |
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Nevill resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Arthur Cowell-Stepney | Unopposed | |||
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Cowell-Stepney resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Benjamin Thomas Williams | Unopposed | |||
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Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Benjamin Thomas Williams | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 51.5 | +4.3 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Jones Jenkins[19] | 1,825 | 48.5 | New | |
Majority | 110 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,760 | 70.0 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,369 | ||||
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Williams resigned after being appointed a County Court judge, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Jones Jenkins | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Jones Jenkins | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 69.2 | +17.7 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Simmons Tregoning | 1,281 | 30.8 | New | |
Majority | 1,603 | 38.4 | +35.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,165 | 77.1 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,399 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Arthur Cowell-Stepney | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 52.8 | −16.4 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Jones Jenkins | 1,898 | 47.2 | +16.4 | |
Majority | 222 | 5.6 | −32.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,018 | 74.4 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,399 | ||||
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Elections in the 1890s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Evan Rowland Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 52.4 | −0.4 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Jones Jenkins | 2,187 | 47.6 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 225 | 4.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,599 | 87.0 | +12.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,289 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Jones Jenkins | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 50.5 | +2.9 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Evan Rowland Jones | 2,391 | 49.5 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 52 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,834 | 90.0 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,370 | ||||
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Elections in the 1900s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alfred Davies | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 58.1 | +8.6 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Jones Jenkins | 2,047 | 41.9 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 790 | 16.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,884 | 87.9 | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,557 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | W. Llewelyn Williams | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 68.3 | +10.2 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Vere Ponsonby | 1,808 | 31.7 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 2,094 | 36.6 | +20.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,710 | 91.2 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,258 | ||||
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Elections in the 1910s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | W. Llewelyn Williams | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 68.1 | −0.2 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Viscount Tiverton | 1,965 | 31.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 2,232 | 36.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,162 | 91.0 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,772 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | W. Llewelyn Williams | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | W. Llewelyn Williams | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 58.6 | N/A | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Henry Coulson Bond | 2,555 | 39.1 | New | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Frank G Vivian | 149 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,281 | 19.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,540 | 89.8 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | W. Llewelyn Williams | Unopposed | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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C | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Hinds | Unopposed | ||
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Elections in the 1920s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Hinds | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 41.9 | N/A | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | George Coventry | 8,805 | 29.4 | New | |
National Farmers' Union | David Johns | 4,775 | 15.9 | New | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Hubert Llewelyn-Williams | 3,847 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,725 | 12.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,957 | 82.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 36,213 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Ellis Ellis-Griffith | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 45.1 | +32.3 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alfred Stephens | 8,677 | 30.1 | +0.7 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Rowland Williams | 7,132 | 24.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,311 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,797 | 78.3 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 36,779 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alfred Mond | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 44.0 | −1.1 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Edward Teilo Owen | 8,351 | 28.8 | +4.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alfred Stephens | 7,896 | 27.2 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 4,409 | 15.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,007 | 78.9 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 36,779 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alfred Mond | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 68.5 | +23.4 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Edward Teilo Owen | 7,953 | 31.5 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 9,328 | 37.0 | +22.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,234 | 67.9 | −10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 37,155 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | William Nathaniel Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 35.5 | −33.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Daniel Hopkin | 10,154 | 35.4 | +3.9 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Courtenay Mansel | 8,361 | 29.1 | New | |
Majority | 47 | 0.1 | −36.9 | ||
Turnout | 28,716 | 76.6 | +8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 37,482 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Daniel Hopkin | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 38.2 | +6.7 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | William Nathaniel Jones | 14,477 | 36.6 | −31.9 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Coventry | 9,961 | 25.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 653 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,568 | 85.8 | +17.9 | ||
Registered electors | 46,110 | ||||
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Elections in the 1930s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Richard Evans | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 39.5 | +2.9 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Daniel Hopkin | 14,318 | 36.5 | -1.7 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Delme William Campbell Davies-Evans | 9,434 | 24.0 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 1,214 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,284 | 84.5 | -1.3 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Daniel Hopkin | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 47.5 | +11.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Richard Evans | 12,911 | 33.8 | -5.7 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Edward Kellett | 7,177 | 18.8 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 5,235 | 13.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,234 | 79.3 | -5.2 | ||
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Elections in the 1940s[edit]
1941 Carmarthen by-election Labour: Moelwyn Hughes elected unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Rhys Hopkin Morris | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 51.7 | +17.9 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Moelwyn Hughes | 18,504 | 48.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,279 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,286 | 76.1 | -3.2 | ||
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Elections in the 1950s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Rhys Hopkin Morris | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 50.2 | -1.48 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 24,285 | 49.8 | +1.48 | |
Majority | 187 | 0.4 | -2.96 | ||
Turnout | 48,759 | 83.4 | +7.3 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Rhys Hopkin Morris | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 50.46 | +0.27 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Owen | 25,165 | 49.54 | -0.65 | |
Majority | 467 | 0.92 | +0.54 | ||
Turnout | 5,0795 | 86.52 | +3.09 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Rhys Hopkin Morris | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 49.49 | -0.97 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Jack Evans | 21,077 | 42.73 | -6.81 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Jennie Eirian Davies | 3,835 | 7.78 | New | |
Majority | 3,333 | 6.76 | +5.84 | ||
Turnout | 49,320 | 85.10 | -1.42 | ||
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Megan Lloyd George | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 47.33 | +4.60 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | John Morgan Davies | 20,610 | 41.20 | -8.29 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Jennie Eirian Davies | 5,741 | 11.48 | +3.70 | |
Majority | 3,069 | 6.13 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,726 | 87.4 | +2.3 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Megan Lloyd George | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 47.89 | +5.16 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alun Talfan Davies | 16,766 | 34.32 | -15.17 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | JB Evans | 6,147 | 12.58 | New | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Hywel Heulyn Roberts | 2,545 | 5.21 | -2.57 | |
Majority | 6,633 | 13.57 | +6.81 | ||
Turnout | 48,855 | 85.42 | +0.32 | ||
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Elections in the 1960s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Megan Lloyd George | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 45.46 | -2.4 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alun Talfan Davies | 15,210 | 32.28 | -2.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynfor Evans | 5,495 | 11.66 | +6.5 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | H.E. Protheroe-Beynon | 4,996 | 10.60 | -1.98 | |
Majority | 6,214 | 13.19 | -0.39 | ||
Turnout | 47,122 | 84.4 | -1.0 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Megan Lloyd George | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 46.2 | +0.7 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | D Hywel Davies | 11,988 | 26.1 | −6.2 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynfor Evans | 7,416 | 16.1 | +4.4 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Simon James Day | 5,338 | 11.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 9,233 | 20.1 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,960 | 82.6 | -1.8 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynfor Evans | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 38.98 | +22.84 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwilym Prys-Davies | 13,743 | 33.11 | -13.06 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | D Hywel Davies | 8,650 | 20.84 | -5.25 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Simon James Day | 2,934 | 7.09 | -4.52 | |
Majority | 2,436 | 5.87 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,506 | 74.9 | -7.7 | ||
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Elections in the 1970s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynoro Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 38.0 | −8.2 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynfor Evans | 14,812 | 30.1 | +14.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Huw Thomas | 10,707 | 21.7 | −4.4 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Lloyd Harvard Davies | 4,975 | 10.1 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 3,907 | 7.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,214 | 83.5 | +1.0 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynoro Jones | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 34.3 | −3.7 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynfor Evans | 17,162 | 34.3 | +4.2 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Roderick Owen-Jones | 9,698 | 19.4 | −2.3 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Bill Newton Dunn | 6,037 | 12.1 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.01 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,062 | 83.5 | 0.0 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynfor Evans | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 45.1 | +11.8 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynoro Jones | 19,685 | 38.1 | +3.8 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | David Roderick Owen-Jones | 5,393 | 10.4 | -9.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Robert Hayward | 2,962 | 5.7 | -6.4 | |
British Candidate | Edward .B Jones | 342 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 3,640 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,704 | 85.6 | +2.1 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Roger Thomas | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 35.9 | -2.2 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynfor Evans | 16,689 | 32.0 | -13.1 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Nigel M. Thomas | 12,272 | 23.6 | +17.9 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Clem Thomas | 4,186 | 8.0 | -2.4 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Charlie Grice | 149 | 0.3 | New | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | EJ Clarke | 126 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,978 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,086 | 84.4 | -1.2 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Roger Thomas | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 31.6 | -4.3 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Nigel M. Thomas | 15,305 | 29.4 | +5.8 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynfor Evans | 14,099 | 27.1 | -4.9 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Joan Colin | 5,737 | 11.0 | +3.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Brian Kingzett | 374 | 0.7 | New | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Charlie Grice | 154 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,154 | 2.2 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 52,126 | 82.1 | -1.3 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alan Williams | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 35.4 | +3.8 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Rod Richards | 14,811 | 27.4 | -2.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Hywel Teifi Edwards | 12,457 | 23.0 | -4.1 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Gwynoro Jones | 7,203 | 13.3 | +2.3 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Graham Oubridge | 481 | 0.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 4,317 | 8.0 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,080 | 82.9 | +0.8 | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±%The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | |
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The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Alan Williams | The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | 36.6 | +1.2 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Rhodri Glyn Thomas | 17,957 | 31.5 | +8.5 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Stephen J. Cavenagh | 12,782 | 22.4 | −5.0 | |
The time allocated for running scripts has expired. | Juliana M.J. Hughes | 5,353 | 9.4 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 2,922 | 5.1 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,971 | 82.7 | −0.2 | ||
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Notes and references[edit]
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- ^ The BBC article quoted above says that it was the second closest General Election result since the Second World War. But the Winchester general election result of 1997 was closer.
- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.12 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.202 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
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- ^ Created a baronet, 1871
- ^ Succeeded to baronetcy, 1877
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- ^ a b c d e f British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ 'MORRIS, Sir Lewis', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 23 April 2015
- ^ a b c d e Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
- ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif 18885-1997, Beti Jones
- ^ F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1949, p551
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Sources[edit]
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
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