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Caernarvonshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Created fromArfon and Eifion
Replaced byCaernarvon and Conway
1542–1885
Replaced byArfon and Eifion

Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

Members of Parliament

  • Constituency created (1542)

MPs 1542–1604

Parliament Member
1542 ?John "Wynn" ap Maredudd [1]
1545 John Puleston[1]
1547 Sir John Puleston, died 1552
and replaced by John "Wynn" ap Maredudd} [1]
1553 (Mar) John Wynn ap Hugh [1]
1553 (Oct) Morris Wynn [1]
1554 (Apr) Morris Wynn [1]
1554 (Nov) David Lloyd ap Thomas [1]
1555 Sir Rhys Gruffydd [1]
1558 William Wynn Williams [1]
1558–1559 Robert Pugh [2]
1563 (Jan) Morris Wynn[2]
1571 John Wynn ap Hugh [2]
1572 (Apr) John Gwynne, died 1574
and replaced by William Thomas[2]
1584 William Thomas [2]
1586 John Wynn [2]
1588 (Oct) Hugh Gwyn Bodvel [2]
1593 William Maurice [2]
1597 (Oct) William Griffith [2]
1601 (Sep) William Jones [2]

MPs 1604–1950

Year Member Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1604 Sir William Maurice
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1614 Richard Wynn
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1621 John Griffith
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1624 Thomas Glynn
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1625 Thomas Glynn
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1626 John Griffith
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1628 John Griffith
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1640 April Thomas Glynn
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1640 November John Griffith junior disabled 1642
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1647 Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | 1653 Not represented in Barebones Parliament
Year First Member Second Member
Two members in first and second protectorate parliaments
1654 Sir John Glynne Thomas Madryn
1656 Sir John Glynne
Henry Lawrence 		Robert Williams
Year Member Party
1659 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Glynne
1660 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Glynne
1661 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet
1675 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley
1679 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Bulkeley
1689 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet
1697 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Bulkeley
1705 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
1713 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Griffith
1715 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Griffith
1740 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Wynn
1741 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | William Bodvell
1754 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet
1761 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet
1774 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Thomas Assheton Smith
1780 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | John Parry
1790 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet
1826 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet
1830 style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | Charles Griffith-Wynne
1832 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Thomas Assheton Smith Conservative
1837 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Ralph Ormsby-Gore Conservative
1841 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Edward Douglas-Pennant Conservative
1866 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | George Douglas-Pennant Conservative
1868 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Love Jones-Parry Liberal
1874 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hon. George Douglas-Pennant Conservative
April 1880 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Charles James Watkin Williams Liberal
December 1880 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Rathbone Liberal
1885 Constituency abolished
1918 Constituency re-created
1918 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Charles Edward Breese Coalition Liberal
1922 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Thomas Jones Labour
1923 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Goronwy Owen Liberal
1945 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Goronwy Owen Roberts Labour
1950 Constituency abolished

Uncontested elections 1832 - 1865

Thomas Assheton Smith (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1832 and 1835.

John Ralph Ormsby-Gore Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1837.

Edward Henry Douglas Pennant (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1841, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1859 and 1865. Henry Douglas Pennant became a member of the House of Lords on the death of his father in 1866

Edward's son George Douglas Pennant (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1865, he lost his seat to Love Jones Parry in a contested election in 1868.

Elections 1918-1945

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal 10,488 44.5 n/a
Independent Labour Robert Thomas Jones 8,145 34.6 n/a
Independent Liberal Ellis William Davies 4,937 20.99 n/a
Majority 2,343 9.9 n/a
Turnout 64.6 n/a
Liberal win
  • endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Thomas Jones 14,016 53.0 +18.4
National Liberal Charles Edward Breese 12,407 47.0 +2.5
Majority 1,609 6.0 −3.9
Turnout 26,423 70.6 +6.0
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
General Election 6 December 1923 : Caernarvonshire [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 15,043 52.7 +5.7
Labour Robert Thomas Jones 13,521 47.3 −5.7
Majority 1,522 5.4 11.4
Turnout 74.9 +4.3
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +5.7
General Election 1924: Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 15,033 50.8 −1.9
Labour Robert Thomas Jones 14,564 49.2 +1.9
Majority 469 1.6 −3.8
Turnout 29,597 76.6 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing -1.9
General Election 1929: Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 18,507 47.8 −2.9
Labour Robert Thomas Jones 14,867 38.5 −10.7
Unionist D. Fowden Jones 4,669 12.1 n/a
Plaid Cymru Lewis Edward Valentine 609 1.6 n/a
Majority 3,640 9.3 +7.8
Turnout 38,652 81.4 +4.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 14,993 39.0
Labour William Elwyn Edwards Jones 14,299 37.2
National W P O Evans 7,990 20.8
Plaid Cymru Prof. John Edward Daniel 1,136 3.0
Majority 694 1.8
Turnout 38,418 80.0
Liberal hold Swing
  • Owen opposed the National Government
General Election 1935: Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 17,947 48.6
Labour William Elwyn Edwards Jones 16,450 44.5
Plaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 2,534 6.9
Majority 1,497 4.1
Turnout 36,931 74.9
Liberal hold Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goronwy Owen Roberts 22,043 55.3 +10.8
Liberal Sir Goronwy Owen 15,637 39.3 −9.3
Plaid Cymru William Ambrose Bebb 2,152 5.4 −1.5
Majority 6,406 16.1 20.1
Turnout 77.7 +2.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +10.0

Sources

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  3. ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
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