Denbighshire_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
West Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
West Denbighshire, formally called the Western Division of Denbighshire, was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in North 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 voting system.
| West Denbighshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Denbighshire |
| Replaced by | Denbigh |
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the two-member Denbighshire constituency was divided into and Eastern and Western divisions. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William Cornwallis-West | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Liberal Unionist | ||
| 1892 | Sir John Roberts | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Cornwallis-West | 4,586 | 60.5 | ||
| Conservative | Charles Salusbury Mainwaring | 2,992 | 39.5 | ||
| Majority | 1,594 | 21.0 | |||
| Turnout | 7,578 | 85.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,899 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Unionist | William Cornwallis-West | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Roberts | 4,612 | 66.9 | New | |
| Liberal Unionist | William Cornwallis West | 2,279 | 33.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,333 | 33.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,891 | 69.5 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 9,915 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Roberts | 4,481 | 60.9 | -6.0 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Alured Wynne-Edwards | 2,878 | 39.1 | +6.0 | |
| Majority | 1,603 | 21.8 | -12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 7,359 | 82.3 | +12.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,941 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Roberts | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Roberts | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Roberts | 5,854 | 67.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Samuel Thompson | 2,829 | 32.6 | New | |
| Majority | 3,025 | 34.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,683 | 87.5 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 9,920 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Roberts | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: John Roberts
- Unionist: W. Henry Williams[9]
- British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- Liverpool Daily Post 29 Jun 1914