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.

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

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan
• Boundary Commission Map Report from 1885 showing detailed original maps used
• A map of Glamorganshire in 1885, showing its new divisions.
• The National Library for Wales:Dictionary of Welsh Biography (John Hugh Edwards)
• The National Library for Wales:Dictionary of Welsh Biography (Frederick William Gibbins)
• The National Library for Wales:Dictionary of Welsh Biography (Samuel Thomas Evans)
• The National Library for Wales:Dictionary of Welsh Biography (Vernon Hartshorn)

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

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)