Caernarvon Boroughs by-election, 1945

Caernarvon Boroughs by-election, 1945

The Caernarvon Boroughs by-election, 1945 was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 April 1945 for the British House of Commons constituency of Caernarvon Boroughs.

Previous MP

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Liberal Member of Parliament (MP), David Lloyd George (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) had been elevated to the peerage as the 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor in January 1945.

Lloyd George was first elected as the constituency's MP at the Caernarvon Boroughs by-election, 1890, caused by the death of the previous Conservative MP.

During a long and distinguished political career the former MP had served in many high offices, notably as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1908-1915 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1916-1922. He had led the Liberal Party, after the retirement of Herbert Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, from 1926 to 1931.

Candidates

The election took place during the Second World War. Under an agreement between the Conservative, Labour and Liberal parties; who were participating in a wartime coalition, the party holding a seat would not be opposed by the other two at a by-election. Accordingly the Liberal Party nominated a candidate, but no Labour or Conservative representative was put forward. Plaid Cymru, which was not a party to the electoral agreement, selected a candidate; so a contested poll took place.

Two candidates were nominated. The list below is set out in descending order of the number of votes received at the by-election.

1. The Liberal Party candidate, supporting the coalition government, was (David Richard) Seaborne Davies (26 June 1904 - 26 October 1984). After winning the by-election, he only served in Parliament between April and July 1945. Davies was defeated by a Conservative candidate in the United Kingdom general election, 1945.

2. Representing Plaid Cymru was Prof. J.E. Daniel. He also contested Caernarvon Boroughs in the 1945 general election.

Votes

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Seaborne Davies
votes = 20,754
percentage = 75.2
change = +8.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Prof. J.E. Daniel
votes = 6,844
percentage = 24.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 13,910
percentage = 50.4
change = +17.2Election box turnout
votes = 27,598
percentage = 58.8
change = -18.6Election box Registered electors
reg. electors = 46,910Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Party (UK)
swing = "N/A"

ee also

* Caernarvon Boroughs constituency
* List of United Kingdom by-elections
* United Kingdom by-election records

References

* "British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949", compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume III 1919-1945", edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1979)


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