Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Merthyr | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Merthyr Tydfil |
Replaced by | Merthyr Tydfil |
Merthyr was a borough constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Merthyr Tydfil.
Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1918 | Sir Edgar Rees Jones | Coalition Liberal |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1922 | Richard Collingham Wallhead | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Independent Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1931 | ILP | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1933 | Labour | |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1934 by-election | S. O. Davies | Labour |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Merthyr Tydfil |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | 14,127 | 52.7 | n/a | ||
Labour | James Winstone | 12,682 | 47.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,445 | 5.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 76.5 | n/a | |||
Liberal win |
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 17,516 | 53.0 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Sir Richard Mathias | 15,552 | 47.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,964 | 6.0 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 90.6 | +14.1 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 19,511 | 60.1 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | D. Rowland Thomas | 7,403 | 22.8 | n/a | |
Unionist | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies | 5,548 | 17.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 12,108 | 37.3 | +31.3 | ||
Turnout | 86.8 | −3.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 19,882 | 59.8 | −0.3 | |
Unionist | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies | 13,383 | 40.2 | +23.1 | |
Majority | 6,499 | 19.6 | −17.7 | ||
Turnout | 86.9 | +0.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 22,701 | 59.6 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | J Jenkins | 8,696 | 22.8 | n/a | |
Unionist | Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt | 6,712 | 17.6 | −21.6 | |
Majority | 14,005 | 36.8 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 85.8 | −1.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Labour Party | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 24,623 | 69.4 | +9.8 | |
New Party | Sellick Davies | 10,834 | 30.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 13,789 | 38.8 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 80.8 | −5.0 | |||
Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Owen Davies | 18,645 | 51.8 | n/a | |
Liberal | J. Victor Evans | 10,376 | 28.9 | n/a | |
Ind. Labour Party | Rev Campbell Stephen | 3,508 | 9.8 | n/a | |
Communist | Wal Hannington | 3,409 | 9.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 8,269 | 22.9 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 81.1 | +0.3 | |||
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing |
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See also
References
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ^ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737956/cube/POL_PARTY
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
Categories:
- Articles with empty sections from June 2008
- History of Glamorgan
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1950
- Politics of Merthyr Tydfil
- United Kingdom historical constituency stubs