Carmarthen by-election, 1957
- Carmarthen by-election, 1957
The Carmarthen by-election of 1957 in Carmarthenshire, Wales, was notable for resulting in the nadir of the British Liberal Party and for being the first election in the United Kingdom in which two women competed for the same seat.
The seat opened up as a result of the death of Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris on November 22, 1956. The Liberal Party was in a period of decline and Hopkin Morris had been one of only six Liberal Members of Parliament. Hopkin Morris's majorities had been narrow and it was recognised that a significant number of voters had favored him personally and might not transfer their allegiance to a new Liberal candidate.
Further distress for the Liberals was caused by the announcement that Lady Megan Lloyd George, a former Liberal MP with a national reputation, would be running as the Labour candidate. The local Liberals created another dilemma by choosing John Morgan Davies as their candidate; the Liberals were seeking to challenge the ruling Conservatives over the on-going Suez Crisis and Morgan Davies, like Hopkin Morris, had publicly taken a pro-government stand on the issue. Jo Grimond, who had assumed leadership of the Liberal Party only a few weeks before, had to choose whether to support or disown Morgan Davies. He chose to support him.
The other candidate who ran for the seat was Jennie Eirian Davies of the Plaid Cymru Party.
The Conservatives did not run a candidate. This was the second to last by-election in Great Britain in which they did not stand, the last being the unusual circumstances of the Bristol South East by-election, 1963.
The election was held on February 28, 1957. Lloyd George won the seat, swinging the district from Liberal to Labour and dropping the Liberal Party to their historic low of only five seats in Parliament.Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Megan Lloyd George
votes = 23,679
percentage =
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party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = John Morgan Davies
votes = 20,610
percentage =
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party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Jennie Eirian Davies
votes = 5,741
percentage =
change = Election box majority
votes = 3,069
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 87.4
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Party (UK)
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