Caerfyrddin (UK Parliament constituency)

Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen)
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) in Walesfor the 2024 general election
Preserved county	Dyfed
Major settlements	Carmarthen, Ammanford, Llandeilo
1918–1997
Seats	One
Replaced by	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire
1542–1918
Seats	One
Type of constituency	Borough constituency
2024–present
Created from	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire

Caerfyrddin is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, to be first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.

It previously existed between 1542 and 1997 under the English version of the name, Carmarthen. It was named Carmarthen Boroughs from 1832 to 1918; between 1997 and 2024 it was divided between Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.

History

Because the seat contained mining areas in the valley of the River Gwendraeth (until the 1980s), much countryside and a high proportion of Welsh speakers, it was fertile territory for the Labour Party, the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru alike. Although the Conservatives never won the seat, they came within 1200 votes of doing so in 1983.

Carmarthen is notable as the first constituency to elect a Plaid Cymru MP, Gwynfor Evans, at a 1966 by-election. Evans was later involved in one of the closest General Election results ever in February 1974, when he lost to the Labour candidate by only three votes. ^{[1] [2]} The constituency also shot to fame in the following election in October 1974 as the only seat in the country to see its turnout rise on that of February 1974.

Boundaries

Carmathenshire boundaries 1885–1918

Map of boundaries from 2024

Until 1832, it was a borough constituency consisting of the town of Carmarthen. Between 1832 and 1918 it was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of Carmarthen itself and Llanelli, and was sometimes called "The Carmarthen Boroughs".

In 1918, the borough was abolished, but the name was transferred to one of the divisions of the county of Carmarthenshire. The constituency was made up of the whole of the county of Carmarthenshire except for the urban area around Llanelli. Notable towns were Carmarthen itself, Ammanford and Llandeilo.

In 1997, the Boundary Commission for Wales recommended an extra seat for Dyfed. ^[3] This led to the seat being split two to one between Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire. ^[4]

The constituency is be re-established as Caerfyrddin as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final proposals of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election. ^[5]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1542–1640

Parliament	Member
1542	Gruffydd Williams [6]
1545	Gruffydd Williams [6]
1547	Thomas Phaer [6]
1553 (Mar)	William Parry [6]
1553 (Oct)	Gruffydd Hygons [6]
1554 (Apr)	William Aubrey [6] [7]
1554 (Nov)	John Parry [6]
1555	William Wightman [6]
1558	John Vaughan [6]
1559	John Parry [8]
1563	John Morgan [8]
1571	?John Vaughan [8]
1572	Thomas Wigmore [8]
1584	John Puckering, sat for Bedford replaced 1584 by Edward Donne Lee [8]
1586	Edward Donne Lee [8]
1588	Gelly Meyrick [8]
1593	Sir Thomas Baskerville [8]
1597	Henry Vaughan [8]
1601	Walter Rice [8]
1604–1611	Sir Walter Rice
1614	William Thomas
1621	Henry Vaughan
1624	Henry Vaughan
1626	Henry Vaughan
1628	Henry Vaughan
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640–1832

Election		Member [9]	Party
	1640 (Apr)	Francis Lloyd	Royalist
	1640 (Nov)	Francis Lloyd	Royalist
February 1644		Lloyd disabled from sitting – seat vacant
	1646	William Davies
December 1648		Davies not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge
1653		Carmarthen was not represented in the Barebones Parliament or the First or Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
	January 1659	David Morgan
May 1659		Not represented in the restored Rump
	April 1660	Arthur Annesley
	1661	Hon. John Vaughan
	1679	Altham Vaughan
	1685	Richard Vaughan
	1725	James Phillips
	1727	Arthur Bevan
	1741	Sir John Philipps
	1747	Thomas Mathews
	1751	Griffith Philipps
	1761	The Earl Verney
	1768	Griffith Philipps
	1774	John Adams
	1780	George Philipps
	1784	John George Philipps
	May 1796	Magens Dorrien Magens [10]
	November 1796	John George Philipps
	1803	Sir William Paxton
	1806	Vice-Admiral George Campbell	Whig [11]
	1813	John Campbell	Whig [11]
	1821	John Jones	Tory [11]

1832–1918: Carmarthen Boroughs

Election		Member [9]	Party
	1832	Hon. William Yelverton	Whig [11]
	1835	David Lewis	Conservative [11]
	1837	David Morris	Whig [11] [12] [13]
	1859		Liberal
	1864	William Morris	Liberal
	1868	(Sir) John Cowell-Stepney [14]	Liberal
	1874	Charles William Nevill	Conservative
	1876	(Sir) Arthur Cowell-Stepney [15]	Liberal
	1878 by-election	Benjamin Thomas Williams	Liberal
	1882 by-election	John Jones Jenkins	Liberal
	1886	Sir Arthur Cowell-Stepney	Liberal
	1892	Evan Rowland Jones	Liberal
	1895	Sir John Jones Jenkins	Liberal Unionist
	1900	Alfred Davies	Liberal
	1906	W. Llewelyn Williams	Liberal

1918–1997: county constituency

Election		Member [9]	Party
	1918	John Hinds	Coalition Liberal
	1923	Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith	Liberal
	1924 by-election	Alfred Mond	Liberal
	1926		Conservative
	1928 by-election	William Nathaniel Jones	Liberal
	1929	Daniel Hopkin	Labour
	1931	Richard Thomas Evans	Liberal
	1935	Daniel Hopkin	Labour
	1941 by-election	Moelwyn Hughes	Labour
	1945	Rhys Hopkin Morris	Liberal
	1957 by-election	Megan Lloyd George	Labour
	1966 by-election	Gwynfor Evans	Plaid Cymru
	1970	Gwynoro Jones	Labour
	Oct. 1974	Gwynfor Evans	Plaid Cymru
	1979	Roger Thomas	Labour
	1987	Alan Williams	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished: see Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire

Elections

Carmarthen – Carmarthen East and Dinefwr election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Carmarthen Boroughs ^{[11] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	John Jones	Unopposed
	Tory hold

At the 1830 general election, rioting broke out during polling, at which point John Jones and his Whig rival, John George Philipps, had secured three votes apiece. The vote was abandoned and a by-election was called four months later in December.

By-election, 25 August 1831: Carmarthen Boroughs ^{[11] [16]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	John Jones	274	57.4
	Whig	John George Philipps	203	42.6
Majority			71	14.8
Turnout			477	c. 66.0
Registered electors			c. 723
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Carmarthen Boroughs ^{[11] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Henry Yelverton	302	50.6	+8.0
	Tory	John Jones	295	49.4	−8.0
Majority			7	1.2	N/A
Turnout			597	87.3	c. +21.3
Registered electors			684
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+8.0

General election 1835: Carmarthen Boroughs ^{[11] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Lewis	304	53.1	+3.7
	Whig	William Henry Yelverton	268	46.9	−3.7
Majority			36	6.2	N/A
Turnout			572	74.0	−13.3
Registered electors			773
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+3.7

General election 1837: Carmarthen Boroughs ^{[11] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	David Morris	333	53.7	+6.8
	Conservative	David Lewis	287	46.3	−6.8
Majority			46	7.4	N/A
Turnout			620	78.9	+4.9
Registered electors			786
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	David Morris	Unopposed
Registered electors			938
	Whig hold

General election 1847: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	David Morris	Unopposed
Registered electors			991
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	David Morris	Unopposed
Registered electors			849
	Whig hold

General election 1857: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	David Morris	Unopposed
Registered electors			799
	Whig hold

General election 1859: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Morris	Unopposed
Registered electors			823
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Morris' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 31 Oct 1864: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Morris	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1865: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Morris	Unopposed
Registered electors			884
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Cowell-Stepney	1,892	76.1	N/A
	Conservative	Morgan Dalrymple Treherne [18]	595	23.9	New
Majority			1,297	52.2	N/A
Turnout			2,487	75.7	N/A
Registered electors			3,286
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles William Nevill	1,654	52.8	+28.9
	Liberal	Arthur Cowell-Stepney	1,481	47.2	−28.9
Majority			173	5.6	N/A
Turnout			3,135	69.8	−5.9
Registered electors			4,494
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+28.9

Nevill resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 Aug 1876: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Cowell-Stepney	Unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative

Cowell-Stepney resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 11 May 1878: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benjamin Thomas Williams	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Benjamin Thomas Williams	1,935	51.5	+4.3
	Independent Liberal	John Jones Jenkins [19]	1,825	48.5	New
Majority			110	3.0	N/A
Turnout			3,760	70.0	+0.2
Registered electors			5,369
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Williams resigned after being appointed a County Court judge, causing a by-election.

By-election, 7 Jan 1882: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jones Jenkins	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1885: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jones Jenkins	2,884	69.2	+17.7
	Conservative	John Simmons Tregoning	1,281	30.8	New
Majority			1,603	38.4	+35.4
Turnout			4,165	77.1	+7.1
Registered electors			5,399
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1886: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Cowell-Stepney	2,120	52.8	−16.4
	Liberal Unionist	John Jones Jenkins	1,898	47.2	+16.4
Majority			222	5.6	−32.8
Turnout			4,018	74.4	−2.7
Registered electors			5,399
	Liberal hold		Swing	−16.4

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Evan Rowland Jones	2,412	52.4	−0.4
	Liberal Unionist	John Jones Jenkins	2,187	47.6	+0.4
Majority			225	4.8	−0.8
Turnout			4,599	87.0	+12.6
Registered electors			5,289
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

• Lewis Morris was Liberal candidate but retired before the poll. ^[21]

General election 1895: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	John Jones Jenkins	2,443	50.5	+2.9
	Liberal	Evan Rowland Jones	2,391	49.5	−2.9
Majority			52	1.0	N/A
Turnout			4,834	90.0	+3.0
Registered electors			5,370
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Davies	2,837	58.1	+8.6
	Liberal Unionist	John Jones Jenkins	2,047	41.9	−8.6
Majority			790	16.2	N/A
Turnout			4,884	87.9	−2.1
Registered electors			5,557
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+8.6

W.L. Williams

General election 1906: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Llewelyn Williams	3,902	68.3	+10.2
	Conservative	Vere Ponsonby	1,808	31.7	−10.2
Majority			2,094	36.6	+20.4
Turnout			5,710	91.2	+3.3
Registered electors			6,258
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.2

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Llewelyn Williams	4,197	68.1	−0.2
	Liberal Unionist	Viscount Tiverton	1,965	31.9	+0.2
Majority			2,232	36.2	−0.4
Turnout			6,162	91.0	−0.2
Registered electors			6,772
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.2

General election December 1910: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Llewelyn Williams	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

1912 Carmarthen District by-election ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Llewelyn Williams	3,836	58.6	N/A
	Conservative	Henry Coulson Bond	2,555	39.1	New
	Independent Labour	Frank G Vivian	149	2.3	New
Majority			1,281	19.5	N/A
Turnout			6,540	89.8	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.3

1915 Carmarthen District by-election: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	W. Llewelyn Williams	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1918: Carmarthen Boroughs ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	John Hinds	Unopposed
	Liberal hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Hinds

General election 1922: Carmarthen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	John Hinds	12,530	41.9	N/A
	Unionist	George Coventry	8,805	29.4	New
	National Farmers' Union	David Johns	4,775	15.9	New
	Liberal	Hubert Llewelyn-Williams	3,847	12.8	N/A
Majority			3,725	12.5	N/A
Turnout			29,957	82.7	N/A
Registered electors			36,213
	National Liberal gain from Liberal

General election 1923: Carmarthen ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	12,988	45.1	+32.3
	Unionist	Alfred Stephens	8,677	30.1	+0.7
	Labour	Rowland Williams	7,132	24.8	New
Majority			4,311	15.0	N/A
Turnout			28,797	78.3	−4.4
Registered electors			36,779
	Liberal gain from National Liberal		Swing	N/A

Sir Alfred Mond

1924 Carmarthen by-election ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Mond	12,760	44.0	−1.1
	Labour	Edward Teilo Owen	8,351	28.8	+4.0
	Unionist	Alfred Stephens	7,896	27.2	−2.9
Majority			4,409	15.2	+0.2
Turnout			29,007	78.9	+0.6
Registered electors			36,779
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

General election 1924: Carmarthen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Mond	17,281	68.5	+23.4
	Labour	Edward Teilo Owen	7,953	31.5	+6.7
Majority			9,328	37.0	+22.0
Turnout			25,234	67.9	−10.4
Registered electors			37,155
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.4

1928 Carmarthen by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Nathaniel Jones	10,201	35.5	−33.0
	Labour	Daniel Hopkin	10,154	35.4	+3.9
	Unionist	Courtenay Mansel	8,361	29.1	New
Majority			47	0.1	−36.9
Turnout			28,716	76.6	+8.7
Registered electors			37,482
	Liberal hold		Swing	−18.5

General election 1929: Carmarthen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Hopkin	15,130	38.2	+6.7
	Liberal	William Nathaniel Jones	14,477	36.6	−31.9
	Unionist	John Coventry	9,961	25.2	N/A
Majority			653	1.6	N/A
Turnout			39,568	85.8	+17.9
Registered electors			46,110
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+19.3

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Carmarthen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Evans	15,532	39.5	+2.9
	Labour	Daniel Hopkin	14,318	36.5	-1.7
	Conservative	Delme William Campbell Davies-Evans	9,434	24.0	-1.2
Majority			1,214	3.0	N/A
Turnout			39,284	84.5	-1.3
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1935: Carmarthen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daniel Hopkin	18,146	47.5	+11.0
	Liberal	Richard Evans	12,911	33.8	-5.7
	Conservative	Edward Kellett	7,177	18.8	-5.2
Majority			5,235	13.7	N/A
Turnout			38,234	79.3	-5.2
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1941 Carmarthen by-election Labour: Moelwyn Hughes elected unopposed.

General election 1945: Carmarthen ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rhys Hopkin Morris	19,783	51.7	+17.9
	Labour	Moelwyn Hughes	18,504	48.3	+0.8
Majority			1,279	3.4	N/A
Turnout			38,286	76.1	-3.2
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Carmarthen: ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rhys Hopkin Morris	24,472	50.2	-1.48
	Labour	Lynn Ungoed-Thomas	24,285	49.8	+1.48
Majority			187	0.4	-2.96
Turnout			48,759	83.4	+7.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1951: Carmarthen ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rhys Hopkin Morris	25,632	50.46	+0.27
	Labour	David Owen	25,165	49.54	-0.65
Majority			467	0.92	+0.54
Turnout			5,0795	86.52	+3.09
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election 1955: Carmarthen ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rhys Hopkin Morris	24,410	49.49	-0.97
	Labour	Jack Evans	21,077	42.73	-6.81
	Plaid Cymru	Jennie Eirian Davies	3,835	7.78	New
Majority			3,333	6.76	+5.84
Turnout			49,320	85.10	-1.42
	Liberal hold		Swing

1957 Carmarthen by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Megan Lloyd George	23,679	47.33	+4.60
	Liberal	John Morgan Davies	20,610	41.20	-8.29
	Plaid Cymru	Jennie Eirian Davies	5,741	11.48	+3.70
Majority			3,069	6.13	N/A
Turnout			43,726	87.4	+2.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

General election 1959: Carmarthen ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Megan Lloyd George	23,399	47.89	+5.16
	Liberal	Alun Talfan Davies	16,766	34.32	-15.17
	Conservative	JB Evans	6,147	12.58	New
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Heulyn Roberts	2,545	5.21	-2.57
Majority			6,633	13.57	+6.81
Turnout			48,855	85.42	+0.32
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Carmarthen ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Megan Lloyd George	21,424	45.46	-2.4
	Liberal	Alun Talfan Davies	15,210	32.28	-2.0
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	5,495	11.66	+6.5
	Conservative	H.E. Protheroe-Beynon	4,996	10.60	-1.98
Majority			6,214	13.19	-0.39
Turnout			47,122	84.4	-1.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Carmarthen ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Megan Lloyd George	21,221	46.2	+0.7
	Liberal	D Hywel Davies	11,988	26.1	−6.2
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	7,416	16.1	+4.4
	Conservative	Simon James Day	5,338	11.6	+1.0
Majority			9,233	20.1	+6.9
Turnout			45,960	82.6	-1.8
	Labour hold		Swing

1966 Carmarthen by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	16,179	38.98	+22.84
	Labour	Gwilym Prys-Davies	13,743	33.11	-13.06
	Liberal	D Hywel Davies	8,650	20.84	-5.25
	Conservative	Simon James Day	2,934	7.09	-4.52
Majority			2,436	5.87	N/A
Turnout			41,506	74.9	-7.7
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing	+12.0

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Carmarthen ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwynoro Jones	18,719	38.0	−8.2
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	14,812	30.1	+14.0
	Liberal	Huw Thomas	10,707	21.7	−4.4
	Conservative	Lloyd Harvard Davies	4,975	10.1	−1.5
Majority			3,907	7.9	N/A
Turnout			49,214	83.5	+1.0
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

General election February 1974: Carmarthen ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gwynoro Jones	17,165	34.3	−3.7
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	17,162	34.3	+4.2
	Liberal	David Roderick Owen-Jones	9,698	19.4	−2.3
	Conservative	Bill Newton Dunn	6,037	12.1	+2.0
Majority			3	0.01	-7.9
Turnout			50,062	83.5	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Carmarthen ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	23,325	45.1	+11.8
	Labour	Gwynoro Jones	19,685	38.1	+3.8
	Liberal	David Roderick Owen-Jones	5,393	10.4	-9.0
	Conservative	Robert Hayward	2,962	5.7	-6.4
	British Candidate	Edward .B Jones	342	0.7	New
Majority			3,640	7.0	N/A
Turnout			51,704	85.6	+2.1
	Plaid Cymru gain from Labour		Swing

General election 1979: Carmarthen ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Thomas	18,667	35.9	-2.2
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	16,689	32.0	-13.1
	Conservative	Nigel M. Thomas	12,272	23.6	+17.9
	Liberal	Clem Thomas	4,186	8.0	-2.4
	National Front	Charlie Grice	149	0.3	New
	New Britain	EJ Clarke	126	0.2	New
Majority			1,978	3.9	N/A
Turnout			52,086	84.4	-1.2
	Labour gain from Plaid Cymru		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Carmarthen ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Thomas	16,459	31.6	-4.3
	Conservative	Nigel M. Thomas	15,305	29.4	+5.8
	Plaid Cymru	Gwynfor Evans	14,099	27.1	-4.9
	Alliance	Joan Colin	5,737	11.0	+3.0
	Ecology	Brian Kingzett	374	0.7	New
	BNP	Charlie Grice	154	0.3	New
Majority			1,154	2.2	-1.7
Turnout			52,126	82.1	-1.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1987: Carmarthen ^{[37] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	19,128	35.4	+3.8
	Conservative	Rod Richards	14,811	27.4	-2.0
	Plaid Cymru	Hywel Teifi Edwards	12,457	23.0	-4.1
	SDP	Gwynoro Jones	7,203	13.3	+2.3
	Green	Graham Oubridge	481	0.9	+0.2
Majority			4,317	8.0	+5.8
Turnout			54,080	82.9	+0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Carmarthen ^{[39] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Williams	20,879	36.6	+1.2
	Plaid Cymru	Rhodri Glyn Thomas	17,957	31.5	+8.5
	Conservative	Stephen J. Cavenagh	12,782	22.4	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Juliana M.J. Hughes	5,353	9.4	−3.9
Majority			2,922	5.1	−2.9
Turnout			56,971	82.7	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.6

Elections in the 2020s

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General Election 2024: Caerfyrddin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Plaid Cymru	Ann Davies
	Independent	Jonathan Edwards
	Conservative	Simon Hart
	Reform UK	Bernard Holton
	Labour	Martha O'Neil
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Passmore
Rejected ballots
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

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9. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
10. On petition, Magens was found not to have been duly elected, and his opponent Phillips was seated in his place
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14. Created a baronet, 1871
15. Succeeded to baronetcy, 1877
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