Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Cardiff | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1661 | Sir Richard Lloyd Elected to sit for Radnorshire |
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style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1661 | William Bassett Election voided by Parliament on petition |
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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 results
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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)
- W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
Bibliography
- Morgan, Kenneth O. (1960). "Democratic Politics in Glamorgan, 1884-1914". Morgannwg. 4: 5–27.