Mid Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Mid Glamorganshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)1918 (1918)
Number of members one

Mid Glamorganshire was a county constituency in Glamorganshire, 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 system.

Contents

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

Created in the redistribution of seats in 1885 & from the old Glamorganshire constituency which had been in existence since 1541, the seat covered a wide area that included Maesteg, Llangeinor, Llynfi Valley, Aberpergwm, Margam Park, Briton Ferry, Glyncorrwg, Resolven. It was scrapped in the next redistribution of seats that took place in 1918.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot Liberal
1892 Samuel Thomas Evans Liberal
Apr 1910 Frederick William Gibbins Lib-Lab
Dec 1910 John Hugh Edwards Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 3rd - 19th December 1910: Mid Glamorganshire [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J Hugh Edwards 7,624 55.55 -3.41
Labour Vernon Hartshorn 6,102 44.46 +3.41
Majority 1,522 11.09 -6.83
Turnout 13,726a 68.58 -7.01
Liberal hold Swing 3.41
Mid Glamorganshire by-election, April 1910
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Lib-Lab Frederick William Gibbins 8,920 58.96 -20.62
Labour Vernon Hartshorn 6,210 41.05 N/A
Majority 2,710 17.92 -41.23
Turnout 15,130 75.59 -7.13
Lib-Lab hold Swing -10.31


General Election 15th January - 20th February 1910: Mid Glamorganshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Thomas Evans 13,175 79.58 +3.78
Conservative Unknown 3,382 20.43 -3.78
Majority 9,793 59.15 +7.56
Turnout 16,557b 82.72 N/A
Liberal hold Swing 3.78

Elections in the 1900's

In the General Election of January/February 1906 Samuel Thomas Evans of the Liberal Party was returned Unopposed.[3]

General Election 25th September - 24th October 1900: Mid Glamorganshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Samuel Thomas Evans 7,027 75.80 N/A
Conservative Unknown 2,244 24.21 N/A
Majority 4,783 51.59 N/A
Turnout 9,271 N/A N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890's

In the General Election of July/August 1895 the Liberal Party held the constituency against the Conservative Party, obtaining an 2,677 vote majority.[5]

Prior to this the seat was held in 1892 & 1886 by the Liberals who obtained a majority of 4,216 & were unopposed in 1886.[6]

Footnotes

  • a The Total Electorate for the Constituency in December 1910 was also 20,017.
  • b The Total Electorate for the Constituency in January 1910 was 20,017.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 101 1911 Section
  2. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  3. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  4. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  5. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  6. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section



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