Flintshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Flintshire |
1542–1950 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | East Flintshire and West Flintshire |
Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which generally returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons, latterly that of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
From its creation in 1542 until 1918, the constituency consisted of the historic county of Flintshire in north-east Wales. The seat should not be confused with the borough constituency of Flint or that of Flint Boroughs, which together existed from the 16th century until 1918.
In 1889 an administrative county of Flintshire was created. This formed the basis of the constituency which existed from 1918 until 1950, when the county was split between East and West divisions.
Parliament | Member |
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1545 | Peter Mostyn [1] |
1547 | George Wood [1] |
1553 (Mar) | Sir Thomas Hanmer [1] |
1553 (Oct) | Robert Massey [1] |
1554 (Apr) | William Mostyn [1] |
1554 (Nov) | William Mostyn [1] |
1555 | Robert Massey [1] |
1558 | John Conway [1] |
1559 | John Griffith [2] |
1562–3 | George Ravenscroft [2] |
1571 | John Griffith [2] |
1572 | William Mostyn, died and replaced Feb 1577 by Thomas Mostyn [2] |
1584 | John Hope [2] |
1586 | William Ravenscroft [2] |
1588 | Roger Puleston [2] |
1593 | Thomas Hanmer [2] |
1597 | William Ravenscroft [2] |
1601 | William Ravenscroft [2] |
Year | Member | |
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1604 | Roger Puleston | |
1614 | Robert Ravenscroft | |
1621 | Sir Roger Mostyn | |
1624 | Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet died and replaced 1624 by Sir John Trevor | |
1625 | Sir John Trevor | |
1626 | John Salusbury | |
1628 | Robert Jones | |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | |
1640 | John Mostyn | |
1640 | John Mostyn, disabled[ clarification needed ] 1643 | |
1646 | John Trevor | |
1653 | Flintshire not represented in Barebones Parliament | |
Year | First Member | Second Member |
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Two members in first and second Protectorate Parliaments | ||
1654 | John Trevor | Andrew Ellice |
1656 | John Trevor | Sir John Glynne |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Thomas Mostyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,200 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 1,200 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,271 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,344 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Stephen Glynne | 945 | 51.1 | ||
Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | 905 | 48.9 | ||
Majority | 40 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,850 | 84.5 | |||
Registered electors | 2,189 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | 1,234 | 50.9 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Glynne | 1,192 | 49.1 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 42 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,426 | 81.9 | −2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 2,963 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Following the election, Lloyd-Mostyn's election was declared void and Glynne was elected after scrutiny on 23 May 1842.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,141 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | 1,276 | 58.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edmund Peel [10] | 910 | 41.6 | New | |
Majority | 366 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,186 | 75.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,912 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Lloyd-Mostyn succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Mostyn and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn | 1,171 | 57.2 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen Glynne | 876 | 42.8 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 295 | 14.4 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,047 | 72.1 | −3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,840 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,896 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Mostyn's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | 1,168 | 57.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hugh Robert Hughes [11] | 868 | 42.6 | New | |
Majority | 300 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,036 | 70.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,887 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,998 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,150 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Grosvenor was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,907 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,794 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | 4,758 | 60.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Richard Howel Lloyd-Mostyn | 3,132 | 39.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,626 | 20.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,890 | 78.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,081 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Grosvenor's resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Samuel Smith | 4,248 | 60.8 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Philip Pennant Pennant [13] | 2,738 | 39.2 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 1,510 | 21.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,986 | 69.3 | -9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,081 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Samuel Smith | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Samuel Smith | 4,597 | 59.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | Robert Cunliffe | 3,145 | 40.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,452 | 18.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,742 | 76.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,075 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Samuel Smith | 4,376 | 52.7 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Henry Richard Lloyd Howard | 3,925 | 47.3 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 451 | 5.4 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,301 | 78.4 | +1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 10,592 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Samuel Smith | 4,528 | 53.6 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Henry Howard | 3,922 | 46.4 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 606 | 7.2 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,450 | 78.4 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 10,774 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Herbert Lewis | 6,294 | 63.8 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Harold Edwards | 3,572 | 36.2 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 2,722 | 27.6 | +20.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,866 | 83.0 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 11,892 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Herbert Lewis | 6,610 | 59.7 | -4.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Howard | 4,454 | 40.3 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 2,156 | 19.4 | -8.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,064 | 86.6 | +3.6 | ||
Registered electors | 12,774 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Lewis | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was due to take place before the end of 1915. From 1914, the parties had been making preparations for an election, and by the end of that year, the following candidates had been selected:
The constituency was then merged with Flint Boroughs.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Tom Parry | Unopposed | ||
Liberal hold | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Tom Parry | 16,854 | 44.2 | N/A | |
Unionist | Austin Lloyd Jones | 15,080 | 39.6 | New | |
Labour | David Gwynfryn Jones | 6,163 | 16.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,774 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,097 | 79.4 | N/A | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Tom Parry | 19,609 | 56.8 | +12.6 | |
Unionist | Ernest Roberts | 14,926 | 43.2 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 4,683 | 13.6 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 34,535 | 69.4 | -10.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Unionist | Ernest Roberts | 19,054 | 46.4 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Tom Parry | 14,169 | 34.5 | -22.3 | |
Labour | David Gwynfryn Jones | 7,821 | 19.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,885 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,044 | 80.2 | +10.8 | ||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Frederick Llewellyn-Jones | 24,012 | 43.0 | +8.5 | |
Unionist | Ernest Roberts | 19,536 | 35.0 | -11.4 | |
Labour | Cyril O Jones | 12,310 | 22.0 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 4,476 | 8.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,858 | 81.3 | +1.1 | ||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Frederick Llewellyn-Jones | 40,405 | 71.4 | +36.4 | |
Labour | Frances Edwards | 16,158 | 28.6 | +6.6 | |
Majority | 24,247 | 42.8 | +34.8 | ||
Turnout | 56,563 | 77.9 | -3.4 | ||
Liberal National hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Gwilym Rowlands | 26,644 | 44.9 | -26.5 | |
Liberal | John Emlyn-Jones | 16,536 | 27.9 | New | |
Labour | Cyril O Jones | 16,131 | 27.2 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 10,108 | 17.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59,311 | 76.3 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was due to take place before the end of 1940. From 1939 the parties had been preparing for an election, and by the end of that year, the following candidates had been selected:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nigel Birch | 27,800 | 38.8 | -6.1 | |
Labour | Eirene Jones | 26,761 | 37.4 | +10.2 | |
Liberal | John Williams Hughes | 17,007 | 23.8 | -4.1 | |
Majority | 1,039 | 1.5 | -15.5 | ||
Turnout | 71,568 | 76.7 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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