Eifion_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Eifion (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1918
Eifion was a parliamentary constituency in Caernarfonshire, 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.
| Eifion | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Caernarvonshire |
| Replaced by | Caernarvonshire |
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.
Eifion covered the southern part of Caernarvonshire. It included the Sessional Divisions of Eifionydd (or Portmadoc) and Pwllheli (excluding the boroughs of Caernarvon and Pwllheli and the parishes of Criccieth and Nevin) and part of the Sessional Division of Caernarvon (excluding the parishes of Llanberis and Llanddeiniolen).[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | John Bryn Roberts | Liberal | |
| 1906 | Ellis William Davies | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Bryn Roberts | 4,535 | 63.8 | ||
| Conservative | Hugh Ellis-Nanney | 2,573 | 36.2 | ||
| Majority | 1,962 | 27.6 | |||
| Turnout | 7,108 | 79.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,978 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Bryn Roberts | 4,244 | 77.0 | +13.2 | |
| Liberal Unionist | George Farren | 1,267 | 23.0 | -13.2 | |
| Majority | 2,977 | 54.0 | +26.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,511 | 61.4 | -17.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,978 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +13.2 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Bryn Roberts | 4,567 | 69.8 | -7.2 | |
| Conservative | William Humphreys[6] | 1,973 | 30.2 | +7.2 | |
| Majority | 2,594 | 39.6 | -14.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,540 | 67.9 | +6.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,630 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Bryn Roberts | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Bryn Roberts | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | John Bryn Roberts | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ellis William Davies | Unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ellis William Davies | 6,118 | 78.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Francis John Lloyd Priestly | 1,700 | 21.7 | New | |
| Majority | 4,418 | 56.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 7,818 | 82.7 | N/A | ||
| Liberal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ellis William Davies | 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: Ellis William Davies
- Unionist:
- Ind. Liberal: W.O. Jones[8]
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, F. W. S. Craig
- The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1896
- "Methdaliad Mr William Humphreys, Abercin". Baner ac Amserau Cymru (in Welsh). No. 4 Dec 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- Liverpool Echo 21 Feb 1914