Merthyr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950
Merthyr was a borough constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Quick Facts 1918–1950, Seats ...
Merthyr | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Merthyr Tydfil |
Replaced by | Merthyr Tydfil |
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The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new constituency of Merthyr Tydfil.
More information Election, Member ...
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir Edgar Rees Jones | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | R. C. Wallhead | Labour | |
1931 | ILP | ||
1933 | Labour | ||
1934 by-election | S. O. Davies | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Merthyr Tydfil |
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Elections in the 1910s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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C | Liberal | Edgar Rees Jones | 14,127 | 52.7 | |
Labour | James Winstone | 12,682 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 1,445 | 5.4 | ' | ||
Turnout | 26,809 | 76.5 | |||
Registered electors | 35,049 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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Elections in the 1920s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Wallhead | 17,516 | 53.0 | +5.7 | |
Independent and Anti-Socialist | Richard Mathias[note 1] | 15,552 | 47.0 | New | |
Majority | 1,964 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,068 | 90.6 | +14.1 | ||
Registered electors | 36,514 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Wallhead | 19,511 | 60.1 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | David Rowland Thomas | 7,403 | 22.8 | New | |
Unionist | Arthur Fox-Davies | 5,548 | 17.1 | New | |
Majority | 12,108 | 37.3 | +31.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,462 | 86.8 | -3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 37,413 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Wallhead | 19,882 | 59.8 | -0.3 | |
Unionist | Arthur Fox-Davies | 13,383 | 40.2 | +23.1 | |
Majority | 6,499 | 19.6 | -17.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,265 | 86.9 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 38,276 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -11.7 | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | R. C. Wallhead | 22,701 | 59.6 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | James Jenkins | 8,696 | 22.8 | New | |
Unionist | Francis Bradley-Birt | 6,712 | 17.6 | -22.6 | |
Majority | 14,005 | 36.8 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,109 | 85.8 | -1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 44,408 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1930s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Labour Party | R. C. Wallhead | 24,623 | 69.4 | +9.8 | |
New Party | Sellick Davies | 10,834 | 30.6 | New | |
Majority | 13,789 | 38.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,547 | 80.8 | -5.0 | ||
Registered electors | 43,908 | ||||
Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour | Swing | N/A | |||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. O. Davies | 18,645 | 51.8 | New | |
Liberal | Victor Evans | 10,376 | 28.9 | New | |
Ind. Labour Party | Campbell Stephen | 3,508 | 9.8 | -59.6 | |
Communist | Wal Hannington | 3,409 | 9.5 | New | |
Majority | 8,269 | 22.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,938 | 81.1 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 44,286 | ||||
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. O. Davies | 20,530 | 68.0 | N/A | |
Ind. Labour Party | Claude Stanfield | 9,640 | 32.0 | -37.4 | |
Majority | 10,890 | 36.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,170 | 68.8 | -12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 43,842 | ||||
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1940s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. O. Davies | 24,879 | 81.4 | +13.4 | |
Independent Labour | Samuel Jennings | 5,693 | 18.6 | New | |
Majority | 19,186 | 62.8 | +36.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,572 | 68.6 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 44,540 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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- Nominee of the local National Liberal association and supported by the Merthyr Conservative association
- Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949. Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 538. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
- Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
- "Merthyr Tydfil: Political Parties". A Vision of Britain Through Time.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)