Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff
Cardiff
Former borough constituency; for the House of Commons
1542–1918
Seats	one
Replaced by	Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South

Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1542-1645

Parliament	Member
1542	John Thomas Bassett
1545	Unknown
1547	John Cock, sat for Calne, repl. by Sir Philip Hoby
1553 (Mar)	?David Evans
1553 (Oct)	David Evans
1554 (Apr)	David Evans
1554 (Nov)	William Colchester
1555	William Herbert
1558	Lleisan Pryce
1559	David Evans
1562/3	Henry Lewes
1571	Henry Morgan
1572	David Roberts
1584	Nicholas Herbert
1586	George Lewis
1588	Gabriel Lewys
1593	David Roberts
1597	Nicholas Hawkins
1601	William Lewis
1604	Matthew Davies
1614	Matthew Davies
1621	William Herbert
1624	William Price
1625	William Price
1626	William Price
1628	Lewis Morgan
1629-1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640	William Herbert killed at Battle of Edgehill 1642
1642-1645	Not represented

MPs 1645–1832

Year		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1645	Algernon Sidney
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1654	John Price
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1656	John Price
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1659	John Price
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1660	Bussy Mansell Double return, Herbert Evans disallowed
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1661	Sir Richard Lloyd Elected to sit for Radnorshire
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1661	William Bassett Election voided by Parliament on petition
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1661	Robert Thomas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1679 Feb	Robert Thomas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1679 Sep	Robert Thomas
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1681	Bussy Mansell
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1685	Francis Gwyn
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1689	Thomas Mansel	Tory
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1698	Sir Edward Stradling, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1701	Thomas Mansel
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1706	Sir John Aubrey, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1710	Sir Edward Stradling, Bt
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1722	Edward Stradling
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1727	Bussy Mansel	Tory
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1734	Herbert Windsor
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1739	Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1741	Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1747	Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1754	Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1761	Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1766	Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1768	Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1774	Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1780	Sir Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1784	Sir Herbert Mackworth
style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" \|	1790	Lord Mount Stuart	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" \|	1794	Lord Evelyn Stuart	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" \|	1802	Lord William Stuart	Tory
style="background-color: Template:Tory/meta/color" \|	1814	Lord Evelyn Stuart	Tory
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1818	Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1820	Wyndham Lewis
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" \|	1826	Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart
1832		Franchise extended under Reform Act 1832

MPs 1832–1918

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1832	John Iltyd Nicholl	Conservative
style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	1852	Walter Coffin	Whig
style="background-color: Template:British Whig Party/meta/color" \|	1857	James Crichton-Stuart	Whig
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1880	Sir Edward James Reed	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1895	James Mackenzie Maclean	Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1900	Sir Edward James Reed	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	1904	Sir Edward James Reed	Liberal Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1906	Ivor Guest	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1910 (Jan)	David Alfred Thomas	Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1910 (Dec)	Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart	Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	1915 by-election	Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished: see Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Cardiff Boroughs ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	5,569	50.6
	Conservative	Henry Harben	5,429	49.4
Majority			140	1.2
Turnout				87.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cardiff by-election, 1886 ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	5,708	54.1	+3.5
	Conservative	John Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn	4,845	45.9	−3.5
Majority			863	8.2	+7.0
Turnout				83.7	−3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.5

General Election 1886: Cardiff Boroughs ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	5,307	51.7
	Liberal Unionist	Henry Robert Brand	4,965	48.3
Majority			342	3.4
Turnout				81.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Cardiff Boroughs ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	7,226	52.5	+0.8
	Liberal Unionist	John Gunn	6,540	47.5	−0.8
Majority			686	5.0	+1.6
Turnout				81.5	0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.8

General Election 1895: Cardiff Boroughs ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Mackenzie Maclean	8,386	52.6
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	7,562	47.4
Majority			824	5.2
Turnout				82.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Cardiff Boroughs ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	9,342	52.2	+4.8
	Conservative	Joseph Lawrence	8,541	47.8	−4.8
Majority			801	4.4	9.6
Turnout				80.0	−2.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+4.8

General Election 1906: Cardiff Boroughs^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Ivor Churchill Guest	12,434	56.9	+4.7
	Liberal Unionist	Sir James Fortescue-Flannery	9,429	43.1	−4.7
Majority			3,005	13.8	+9.4
Turnout				80.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Cardiff Boroughs ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Alfred Thomas	13,207	53.1	−3.8
	Conservative	Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart	11,652	46.9	+3.8
Majority			1,555	6.2	−7.6
Turnout				86.5	+5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.8

General Election December 1910: Cardiff Boroughs ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart	12,181	50.6	+3.7
	Liberal	Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde	11,882	49.4	−3.7
Majority			299	1.2	7.4
Turnout				83.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.7

Cardiff by-election, 1915 ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Herbert Cory	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

References

^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

Bibliography

Morgan, Kenneth O. (1960). "Democratic Politics in Glamorgan, 1884-1914". Morgannwg. 4: 5–27.

[1] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[2] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[3] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[4] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[5] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[6] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[7] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[8] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[9] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

[10] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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v t e Cardiff constituencies
Current UK	Cardiff East Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West
Current Senedd	Cardiff Central Cardiff North Cardiff South and Penarth Cardiff West
Historic UK	Cardiff (1542–1918) Cardiff Central (1918–1950) Cardiff Central (1983–2024) Cardiff East (1918–1950) Cardiff South (1918–1950) Llandaff and Barry (1918–1950) Cardiff South East (1950–1983) Cardiff North West (1974–1983)