Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Caernarvonshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Created from Arfon and Eifion
Replaced by Caernarvon and Conway
1542–1885
Replaced by Arfon and Eifion

Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

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Members of Parliament

MPs 1542–1604

ParliamentMember
1542 ?John "Wynn" ap Maredudd [1]
1545 John Puleston [1]
1547 Sir John Puleston, died 1552
and replaced by John "Wynn" ap Maredudd} [1]
1553 (Mar) John Wynn ap Hugh [1]
1553 (Oct) Morris Wynn [1]
1554 (Apr) Morris Wynn [1]
1554 (Nov) David Lloyd ap Thomas [1]
1555 Sir Rhys Gruffydd [1]
1558 William Wynn Williams [1]
1558–1559 Robert Pugh [2]
1563 (Jan) Morris Wynn [2]
1571 John Wynn ap Hugh [2]
1572 (Apr) John Gwynne, died 1574
and replaced by William Thomas [2]
1584 William Thomas [2]
1586 John Wynn [2]
1588 (Oct) Hugh Gwyn Bodvel [2]
1593 William Maurice [2]
1597 (Oct) William Griffith [2]
1601 (Sep) William Jones [2]

MPs 1604–1950

YearMemberParty
1604 Sir William Maurice
1614 Richard Wynn
1621 John Griffith
1624 Thomas Glynn
1625 Thomas Glynn
1626 John Griffith
1628 John Griffith
1640 April Thomas Glynn
1640 November John Griffith junior disabled 1642
1647 Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet
1653Not represented in Barebones Parliament
YearFirst MemberSecond Member
Two members in first and second protectorate parliaments
1654 Sir John Glynne Thomas Madryn
1656 Sir John Glynne
Henry Lawrence 		Robert Williams
YearMemberParty
1659 William Glynne
1660 Sir John Glynne
1661 Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet
1675 Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley
1679 Thomas Bulkeley
1689 Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet
1697 Thomas Bulkeley
1705 Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
1713 William Griffith
1715 John Griffith
1740 John Wynn
1741 William Bodvell
1754 Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet
1761 Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet
1774 Thomas Assheton Smith
1780 John Parry
1790 Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet Whig [3]
1826 Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet Non Partisan
1830 Charles Griffith-Wynne Tory [3]
1832 Thomas Assheton Smith Tory [3]
1834 Conservative [3]
1837 John Ormsby-Gore Conservative [3]
1841 Edward Douglas-Pennant Conservative [3]
1866 George Douglas-Pennant Conservative
1868 Love Jones-Parry Liberal
1874 Hon. George Douglas-Pennant Conservative
April 1880 Watkin Williams Liberal
December 1880 William Rathbone Liberal
1885 Constituency abolished
1918 Constituency re-created
1918 Charles Edward Breese Coalition Liberal
1922 Robert Jones Labour
1923 Goronwy Owen Liberal
1945 Goronwy Roberts Labour
1950 Constituency abolished

Uncontested elections 1830–1865

General election 1830: Caernarvonshire [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Charles Griffith-Wynne Unopposed
Registered electors c. 1,500
Tory gain from Non Partisan
General election 1831: Caernarvonshire [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Charles Griffith-Wynne Unopposed
Registered electors c. 1,500
Tory hold
General election 1832: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Thomas Assheton Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 1,688
Tory hold
General election 1835: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Assheton Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 1,642
Conservative hold
General election 1837: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Registered electors 1,791
Conservative hold
General election 1841: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Douglas-Pennant Unopposed
Registered electors 2,162
Conservative hold
General election 1847: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Douglas-Pennant Unopposed
Registered electors 2,117
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Douglas-Pennant Unopposed
Registered electors 1,913
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Douglas-Pennant Unopposed
Registered electors 2,060
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Douglas-Pennant Unopposed
Registered electors 2,116
Conservative hold
General election 1865: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Douglas-Pennant Unopposed
Registered electors 2,190
Conservative hold

Elections 1866–1885

Elections in the 1860s

Pennant was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Penrhyn, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 Aug 1866: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Douglas-Pennant Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1868: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Love Jones-Parry 1,968 52.0 New
Conservative George Douglas-Pennant 1,81548.0N/A
Majority1534.0N/A
Turnout 3,78378.0N/A
Registered electors 4,852
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Douglas-Pennant 2,750 54.3 +6.3
Liberal Love Jones-Parry 2,31845.7-6.3
Majority4328.6N/A
Turnout 5,06880.6+2.6
Registered electors 6,286
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +6.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Caernarvonshire [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Watkin Williams 3,303 60.0 +14.3
Conservative George Douglas-Pennant 2,20640.0-14.3
Majority1,09720.0N/A
Turnout 5,50982.8+2.2
Registered electors 6,652
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +14.3

Williams resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice

By-election, 2 Dec 1880: Caernarvonshire [6] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Rathbone 3,180 59.7 -0.3
Conservative Hugh Ellis-Nanney [7] 2,15140.3+0.3
Majority1,02919.4-0.6
Turnout 5,33180.1-2.7
Registered electors 6,652
Liberal hold Swing -0.3

Elections 1918–1945

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Charles Edward Breese 10,48844.5
Independent Labour Robert Jones 8,14534.6
Independent Liberal Ellis William Davies 4,93721.0
Majority2,3439.9
Turnout 23,57064.6
Liberal win
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Jones 14,016 53.0 +18.4
National Liberal Charles Edward Breese 12,40747.0+2.5
Majority1,6096.0−3.9
Turnout 26,42370.6+6.0
Labour gain from National Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Caernarvonshire [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 15,043 52.7 +5.7
Labour Robert Jones 13,52147.3−5.7
Majority1,5225.4N/A
Turnout 28,56474.9+4.3
Liberal gain from Labour Swing +5.7
General election 1924: Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 15,033 50.8 −1.9
Labour Robert Jones 14,56449.2+1.9
Majority4691.6−3.8
Turnout 29,59776.6+1.7
Liberal hold Swing −1.9
General election 1929: Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 18,507 47.8 −3.0
Labour Robert Jones 14,86738.5−10.7
Unionist D. Fowden Jones4,66912.1New
Plaid Cymru Lewis Valentine 6091.6New
Majority3,6409.3+7.7
Turnout 38,65281.4+4.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 14,993 39.0 -8.8
Labour Elwyn Jones 14,29937.2-1.3
National W P O Evans7,99020.8New
Plaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 1,1363.0+1.4
Majority6941.8-7.5
Turnout 38,41880.0-1.4
Liberal hold Swing
General election 1935: Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 17,947 48.6 +9.6
Labour Elwyn Jones 16,45044.5+7.3
Plaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 2,5346.9+3.9
Majority1,4974.1+2.3
Turnout 36,93174.9-5.1
Liberal hold Swing

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;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 22,043 55.3 +10.8
Liberal Goronwy Owen 15,63739.3−9.3
Plaid Cymru Ambrose Bebb 2,1525.4−1.5
Majority6,40616.0+11.9
Turnout 39,83277.7+2.8
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +10.0

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of Parliament" . Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament" . Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p.  185 . Retrieved 5 May 2020– via Internet Archive.
  4. 1 2 Escott, Margaret. "Caernarvonshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 519. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. ↑ "Carnarvonshire Election". The Cornishman. No. 125. 2 December 1880. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "The Nanney-Ites in Carnarvonshire" . Liverpool Mercury . 16 November 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 18 December 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones

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