Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)

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Denbigh
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved county Denbighshire
Major settlements Denbigh
1918–1983
Created from Denbigh Boroughs
East Denbighshire
West Denbighshire
Replaced by Clwyd North West and Clwyd South West

Denbigh was a county constituency centred on the town of Denbigh in North Wales. 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 voting system.

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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

This was a county division of Denbighshire. In 1918 it comprised the whole of the county, except for the Municipal Borough of Wrexham and part of the Chirk Rural District, which formed the Wrexham division.

The local authorities in the Denbigh division were the Municipal Boroughs of Denbigh and Ruthin; the Urban Districts of Abergele and Pensarn, Colwyn Bay and Colwyn, Llangollen, and Llanrwst; and the Rural Districts of Llangollen, Llanrwst, Llansillin, Ruthin, St Asaph (Denbigh), and Uwchaled, part of Chirk, and the part of Glan Conway not in Caernarvonshire.

The local authorities in Denbighshire were reorganised in 1935, but that did not affect the boundaries of the parliamentary constituency.

In the redistribution which took effect in 1950, the division was redefined as comprising the Municipal Boroughs of Colwyn Bay, Denbigh, and Ruthin; the Urban Districts of Abergele, Llangollen, and Llanrwst; and the Rural Districts of Aled, Hiraethog, Ruthin, part of Ceiriog, and part of Wrexham. The same local authorities remained within the constituency in the 1974 redistribution.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir David Davies Coalition Liberal
1922 John Cledwyn Davies National Liberal 1
1923 Ellis Davies Liberal
1929 Sir Henry Morris-Jones Liberal
1931 Liberal National 2
1942 Independent
1943 Liberal National 2
1950 Garner Evans National Liberal 2
1959 Geraint Morgan National Liberal 2
1960 Geraint Morgan Conservative 3
1983 constituency abolished

1 A party led by David Lloyd George, which succeeded the Coalition Liberals.

2 A party allied with the Conservative Party.

3 Geraint Morgan stood initially as a 'Conservative & National Liberal'.

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Denbigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal David Davies 14,77383.3
Labour Edward John 2,95816.7
Majority11,81566.6
Turnout 17,73158.2
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Denbigh [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal John Cledwyn Davies 12,975 53.9 -29.4
Unionist Lesley Venetia Elizabeth Brodrick9,13837.9New
Liberal Llewellyn G Williams1,9748.2-80.1
Majority3,83716.0-50.6
Turnout 24,08776.7+18.5
National Liberal hold Swing
General election 1923: Denbigh [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ellis Davies 12,164 59.8 +51.6
Unionist Rhys David8,18640.2+2.3
Majority3,97819.6N/A
Turnout 20,35063.6-13.1
Liberal gain from National Liberal Swing +24.8
General election 1924: Denbigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ellis Davies 12,671 53.0 -6.8
Unionist Lesley Venetia Elizabeth Brodrick11,25047.0+6.8
Majority1,4216.0-13.6
Turnout 23,92179.7+16.1
Liberal hold Swing -6.8
General election 1929: Denbigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Morris-Jones 21,305 61.9 +8.9
Unionist Alan Graham 13,11638.1-8.9
Majority8,18923.8+17.8
Turnout 34,42179.70.0
Liberal hold Swing +8.9

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Denbigh [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Henry Morris-Jones Unopposed
National Liberal gain from Liberal
Registered electors 44,614
General election 1935: Denbigh [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Henry Morris-Jones 17,372 50.12 N/A
Liberal John Cledwyn Davies 12,32935.57N/A
Labour J. R. Hughes4,96314.32New
Majority5,04314.55N/A
Turnout 34,66475.10N/A
Registered electors 46,158
National Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was due to take place before the end of 1940. From 1939, the parties had been making preparations for an election, and by the end of that year, the following candidates had been selected:

General election 1945: Denbigh [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Henry Morris-Jones 17,023 41.70 -8.42
Liberal Garner Evans 12,10129.64-5.93
Labour William Mars-Jones 11,70228.66+14.34
Majority4,92212.06-2.49
Turnout 40,82674.81-0.29
Registered electors 54,572
National Liberal hold Swing -1.25

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Denbigh [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Garner Evans 17,473 38.88 -2.82
Liberal Glyn Tegai Hughes 16,26436.19+6.55
Labour John G Hughes11,20524.93-3.73
Majority1,2092.69-9.37
Turnout 44,94282.29+7.48
Registered electors 54,614
National Liberal hold Swing -4.69
General election 1951: Denbigh [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Garner Evans 20,269 45.67 +6.79
Labour Idwal Jones 12,35427.84+2.91
Liberal Eifion Roberts 11,75826.49-9.70
Majority7,91517.83+15.14
Turnout 44,38182.17-0.12
Registered electors 54,011
National Liberal hold Swing +1.94
General election 1955: Denbigh [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Garner Evans 18,312 43.18 -2.49
Liberal Glyn Tegai Hughes 13,67132.24+5.75
Labour Robyn Lewis 10,42124.58-3.26
Majority4,64110.94-6.89
Turnout 42,40479.13-3.04
Registered electors 53,589
National Liberal hold Swing -4.12
General election 1959: Denbigh [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Liberal Geraint Morgan 17,893 41.75 -1.43
Liberal Glyn Tegai Hughes 13,26830.96-1.28
Labour Stanley Williams8,62020.11-4.47
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Alun Jones3,0777.18New
Majority4,62510.79-0.15
Turnout 42,85880.86+1.73
Registered electors 53,000
National Liberal hold Swing -0.08

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Denbigh [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geraint Morgan 17,970 41.31 -0.44
Liberal William BE Ellis-Jones13,33130.65-0.31
Labour Stanley Williams8,75420.12+0.01
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Alun Jones3,4447.92+0.74
Majority4,63910.66-0.13
Turnout 43,49980.51-0.35
Registered electors 54,032
Conservative hold Swing -0.07
General election 1966: Denbigh [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geraint Morgan 17,382 39.41 -1.90
Liberal Alun Talfan Davies 12,72528.85-1.80
Labour Edward Griffiths 11,30525.63+5.51
Plaid Cymru Meredith Edwards 2,6956.11-1.81
Majority4,65710.56-0.10
Turnout 44,10780.61+0.10
Registered electors 54,715
Conservative hold Swing -0.05

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Denbigh [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geraint Morgan 21,246 44.6 +5.2
Labour Ann Clwyd 12,53726.3+0.7
Liberal Idris Hughes-Evans8,63618.1-10.7
Plaid Cymru Edward Gwyn Matthews5,25411.0+4.9
Majority8,70918.3+7.7
Turnout 47,67378.5-2.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Denbigh [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geraint Morgan 21,258 41.89 -2.68
Liberal David Leonard Williams15,24330.04+11.92
Labour Emlyn Jones Sherrington10,14119.98-6.32
Plaid Cymru Edward Gwyn Matthews4,1038.09-2.93
Majority6,01511.85-6.42
Turnout 50,74580.54+2.08
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Denbigh [15] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geraint Morgan 18,751 38.64 -3.25
Liberal David Leonard Williams14,20029.26-0.78
Labour Paul Flynn 9,82420.24+0.26
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 5,75411.86+3.77
Majority4,5519.38-2.47
Turnout 48,52976.43-4.11
Conservative hold Swing -1.24
General election 1979: Denbigh [16] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Geraint Morgan 23,683 44.93 +6.29
Liberal David Leonard Williams14,83328.14-1.12
Labour Huw Rhys Thomas9,27617.60-2.64
Plaid Cymru Ieuan Wyn Jones 4,9159.33-2.53
Majority8,85016.79+7.41
Turnout 52,70779.98+3.55
Conservative hold Swing +3.71

See also

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