Cardiff Central (1918–1950 UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff Central | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Cardiff |
Replaced by | Cardiff North and Cardiff West |
Cardiff Central was a borough constituency[n 1] in the city of Cardiff. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
A similarly named Cardiff Central constituency, covering a different area of Cardiff, was created in 1983.
Boundaries
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1918–1950: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Cathays, Central, and Riverside.
The constituency spanned either side of the River Taff. It was abolished in 1950, with Cathays and Central becoming part of the new Cardiff North division, while Canton and Riverside became part of the new Cardiff West division.
Members of Parliament
[edit]MPs 1918–1950
[edit]Election | Member[1][2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | James Childs Gould | Unionist | |
1924 | Lewis Lougher | Unionist | |
1929 | Ernest Bennett | Labour | |
1931 | National Labour | ||
1945 | George Thomas | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections 1918–1945
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Childs Gould* | 8,542 | 41.1 | N/A | |
Labour | James Edmunds | 4,663 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Frederick Forsdike | 4,172 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Ind. Unionist | Robert Hughes | 3,419 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,879 | 18.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,839[4][a] | 57.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 36,557 | ||||
Unionist win (new seat) |
- coupon issued but withdrawn.
The Unionist vote was split and, though Robert Hughes managed to save his £150 deposit, he did not turn up to hear the results.[4]
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Childs Gould | 13,885 | 50.0 | +8.9 | |
Labour | James Edmunds | 8,169 | 29.4 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | Charles Fletcher Sanders | 5,732 | 20.6 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 5,716 | 20.6 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 27,786 | 74.4 | +17.5 | ||
Registered electors | 37,326 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Childs Gould | 10,261 | 38.4 | −11.6 | |
Labour | James Edmunds | 8,563 | 32.0 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Ieuan Watkins Evans | 7,923 | 29.6 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 1,698 | 6.4 | −14.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,747 | 71.4 | −3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 37,444 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Lewis Lougher | 14,537 | 49.7 | +11.3 | |
Labour | David Pole | 9,864 | 33.8 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Aneurin Edwards | 4,805 | 16.5 | −13.1 | |
Majority | 4,673 | 15.9 | +9.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,206 | 76.8 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 38,026 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ernest Bennett | 14,469 | 39.1 | +5.3 | |
Unionist | Lewis Lougher | 12,903 | 34.9 | −14.8 | |
Liberal | Barnett Janner | 9,623 | 26.0 | +9.5 | |
Majority | 1,566 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 36,995 | 78.2 | +1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 47,282 | ||||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.1 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Ernest Bennett | 24,120 | 69.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Edward Archbold | 10,758 | 30.8 | −8.3 | |
Majority | 13,362 | 38.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,878 | 72.6 | −5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 48,065 | ||||
National Labour gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Ernest Bennett | 16,954 | 51.5 | −17.7 | |
Labour | John Dugdale | 12,094 | 36.8 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | William Glanville Brown | 3,863 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,860 | 14.7 | −23.7 | ||
Turnout | 32,911 | 68.7 | −3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 47,912 | ||||
National Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]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;
- National Labour: Ernest Bennett
- Labour: John Ramage
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. George Thomas | 16,506 | 49.1 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Charles Stuart Hallinan | 11,982 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Peter Hopkin Morgan | 5,121 | 15.2 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 4,524 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,609 | 72.3 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 46,505 | ||||
Labour gain from National Labour | Swing |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ "42 bad papers and one paper unaccounted for"
References
[edit]- ^ "Cardiff Central 1918–1950". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 534
- ^ a b "Wales United - Nearly Solid For Coalition - Great Rout Of I.L.P. and Pacifist Group - CARDIFF CENTRAL-MR J.C. GOULD M.P.". Western Mail. 30 December 1918. p. 5.
- ^ "All The Declarations In The General Election Of July 5". Western Mail. 27 July 1945. p. 3.
External links
[edit]- nomis Constituency Profile for Cardiff Central – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time
- BBC Vote 2001