Pembrokeshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
Preserved county	Dyfed
Major settlements	Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock, Tenby
1536–1997
Seats	One
Replaced by	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1997

Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Sir Benfro) was a parliamentary constituency based on the county of Pembrokeshire in 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.

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History

The Laws in Wales Act 1535 (26 Hen. 8. c. 26) provided for a single county seat in the House of Commons for each of twelve historic Welsh counties (including Pembrokeshire) and two for Monmouthshire. Using the modern year, starting on 1 January, these parliamentary constituencies were authorised in 1536. In practice, the first known Knights of the Shire from Wales (as Members of Parliament from county constituencies were known before the nineteenth century) may not have been elected until 1545.

The Act contains the following provision, which had the effect of enfranchising the shire of Pembroke.

And that for this present Parliament, and all other Parliaments to be holden and kept for this Realm, one Knight shall be chosen and elected to the same Parliaments for every of the Shires of Brecknock, Radnor, Mountgomery and Denbigh, and for every other Shire within the said Country of Dominion of Wales;

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Parliament	Member
1542	Thomas Jones^[2]
1545	John Wogan^[2]
1547	Sir Thomas Jones^[2]
1553 (Mar)	?
1553 (Oct)	Sir John Wogan^[2]
1554 (Apr)	Arnold Butler^[2]
1554 (Nov)	Arnold Butler^[2]
1555	?Richard Cornwall^[2]
1558	Thomas Cathern^[2]
1559 (Jan)	William Philipps^[3]
1562–1563	Sir John Perrot^[3]
1571	John Wogan^[3]
1572	William Philipps, died 1573, replaced 1576 by John Wogan , died 1581, replaced 1584 by Sir Thomas Perrot^[3]
1584 (Nov)	Thomas Revell^[3]
1586	Thomas Revell^[3]
1588 (Oct)	George Devereux^[3]
1593	Sir Thomas Perrot^[3]
1597 (Sep)	Sir Gelly Meyrick^[3]
1601	John Philipps^[3]

	Member^[4]	Party
1604	Alban Stepney
1614	Sir John Wogan
1620	Sir John Wogan
1624	Sir James Perrott
1625	Sir John Wogan
1626
1628
1640 (Apr)
1640 (Nov)	Sir John Wogan, died 1644 replaced by ?
1645	Arthur Owen
1648	?
1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
1654	Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet Arthur Owen
1656	James Philipps John Clark
1659	Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet
1660	Arthur Owen	Whig
1678	John Owen
1679	Sir Hugh Owen, Bt
1681	William Wogan	Tory
1685	William Barlow	Tory
1689	Sir Hugh Owen, Bt	Whig
1695	Sir Arthur Owen, Bt
1705	Wirriot Owen
1710	John Barlow	Tory
1715	Sir Arthur Owen, Bt
1727	John Campbell
1747	Sir William Owen, Bt
1761	Sir John Philipps, Bt
1765	Sir Richard Philipps, Bt
1770	Sir Hugh Owen, Bt
1786	The Lord Milford	Whig^[5]
1812	Sir John Owen, Bt	Tory^[5]

	Member^[4]	Party
1832	Sir John Owen	Tory^[5]
1841	Lord Emlyn	Conservative^[5]
1861 b-e	George Lort Phillips	Conservative
1866 b-e	James Bevan Bowen
1868	Sir John Scourfield
1876 b-e	James Bevan Bowen
1880	William Davies	Liberal
1892	William Rees-Davies
1898 b-e	John Philipps
1908 b-e	Walter Roch
1918	Sir Evan Davies Jones	Coalition Liberal
1922	Gwilym Lloyd George	National Liberal
1923	Gwilym Lloyd George	Liberal
1924	Charles Price	Unionist
1929	Gwilym Lloyd George	Liberal
1950	Desmond Donnelly	Labour
1968		Independent
1969		Democratic Party
1970	Nicholas Edwards	Conservative
1987	Nicholas Bennett	Conservative
1992	Nick Ainger	Labour
1997	constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	John Owen	Unopposed
Registered electors			>3,000
	Tory hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	John Owen	1,949	51.3
	Whig	Robert Fulke Greville	1,850	48.7
Majority			99	2.6
Turnout			3,799
Registered electors			>3,000
	Tory hold

Pembrokeshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

History

Before the Reform Act

The Great Reform Act to the First World War

The Twentieth Century

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

MPs 1545–1601

MPs 1601–1832

MPs 1832–1997

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

Elections in the 1960s

Elections in the 1970s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1990s

References

Sources

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Pembrokeshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Preserved county	Dyfed
Major settlements	Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock, Tenby
1536–1997
Seats	One
Replaced by	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire and Preseli Pembrokeshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Owen	1,531	51.8	+0.5
	Whig	Robert Fulke Greville	1,423	48.2	−0.5
Majority			108	3.6	+1.0
Turnout			2,954
Registered electors			>3,000
	Tory hold		Swing	+0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Owen	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,664
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Campbell	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,663
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Lort Phillips	1,194	54.9	*N/A*
	Liberal	Hugh Owen	979	45.1	New
Majority			215	9.8	N/A
Turnout			2,173	77.4	N/A
Registered electors			2,809
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bevan Bowen	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	John Scourfield	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,690
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bevan Bowen	1,882	53.9	*N/A*
	Liberal	William Davies	1,608	46.1	New
Majority			274	7.8	N/A
Turnout			3,490	76.9	N/A
Registered electors			4,621
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Davies	2,185	55.7	*N/A*
	Conservative	Charles Philipps	1,737	44.3	N/A
Majority			448	11.4	N/A
Turnout			3,922	77.6	N/A
Registered electors			5,052
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Davies	4,999	57.2	+1.5
	Conservative	Charles Philipps	3,738	42.8	−1.5
Majority			1,261	14.4	+3.0
Turnout			8,737	80.3	+2.7
Registered electors			10,883
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

General election 1895: Pembrokeshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Rees-Davies	4,550	53.4	−3.1
	Conservative	Arthur Picton Saunders-Davies	3,970	46.6	+3.1
Majority			580	6.8	−6.2
Turnout			8,520	76.6	−1.4
Registered electors			11,119
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.1

1908 Pembrokeshire by-election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Roch	5,465	62.4	−6.9
	Conservative	John Lort-Williams	3,293	37.6	+6.9
Majority			2,172	24.8	−13.8
Turnout			8,758	77.3	+2.3
Registered electors			11,331
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.9

General election January 1910: Pembrokeshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Roch	6,135	65.1	−4.2
	Conservative	Edward Marlay Samson	3,291	34.9	+4.2
Majority			2,844	30.2	−8.4
Turnout			9,426	80.2	+5.2
Registered electors			11,750
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.2

General election December 1910: Pembrokeshire^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Roch	5,682	65.5	+0.4
	Conservative	Edward Marlay Samson	2,989	34.5	−0.4
Majority			2,693	31.0	+0.8
Turnout			8,671	73.8	−6.4
Registered electors			11,750
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Davies	4,099	50.7	−6.5
	Conservative	Charles Philipps	3,983	49.3	+6.5
Majority			116	1.4	−13.0
Turnout			8,082	74.3	−6.0
Registered electors			10,883
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Rees-Davies	4,800	56.5	+5.8
	Conservative	Charles Philipps	3,701	43.5	−5.8
Majority			1,099	13.0	+11.6
Turnout			8,501	78.0	+3.7
Registered electors			10,895
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Philipps	5,070	59.8	+6.4
	Conservative	Hugh Campbell	3,406	40.2	−6.4
Majority			1,664	19.6	+12.8
Turnout			8,476	76.6	0.0
Registered electors			11,061
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Philipps	5,886	69.3	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Lort-Williams	2,606	30.7	New
Majority			3,280	38.6	N/A
Turnout			8,492	75.0	N/A
Registered electors			11,322
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Liberal	Evan Davies Jones	19,200	69.8	+4.3
	Labour	Ivor Gwynne	7,712	28.0	New
	Christian Socialist	Griffith Bowen Thomas	597	2.2	New
Majority			11,488	41.8	+10.8
Turnout			27,509	64.3	−9.5
Registered electors			42,808
	Liberal hold		Swing
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Liberal	Gwilym Lloyd George	21,569	69.0	*N/A*
	Labour	William James Jenkins	9,703	31.0	+3.0
Majority			11,866	38.0	N/A
Turnout			31,272	71.7	+7.4
Registered electors			43,631
	National Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gwilym Lloyd George	13,173	38.3	−30.7
	Unionist	Charles Price	11,682	34.0	New
	Labour	William James Jenkins	9,511	27.7	−3.3
Majority			1,491	4.3	−33.7
Turnout			34,366	77.9	+6.2
Registered electors			44,134
	Liberal hold		Swing	−13.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Charles Price	14,575	40.4	+6.4
	Liberal	Gwilym Lloyd George	13,045	36.2	−2.1
	Labour	William James Jenkins	8,455	23.4	−4.3
Majority			1,530	4.2	N/A
Turnout			36,075	80.2	+2.3
Registered electors			44,980
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gwilym Lloyd George	19,050	41.8	+5.6
	Unionist	Charles Price	14,235	31.3	−9.1
	Labour	William James Jenkins	12,235	26.9	+3.5
Majority			4,815	10.5	N/A
Turnout			45,520	83.8	+3.6
Registered electors			54,302
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+7.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Gwilym Lloyd George	24,606	55.71
	Conservative	Charles Price	19,560	44.29
Majority			5,046	11.42
Turnout			44,166	79.88
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gwilym Lloyd George	16,734	37.41
	Conservative	George Edmund Allison	15,660	35.01
	Labour	William James Jenkins	12,341	27.59	New
Majority			1,074	2.40
Turnout			44,735	79.13
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	*Gwilym Lloyd George	22,997	50.18
	Labour	Wilfred Fienburgh	22,829	49.82
Majority			168	0.36
Turnout			45,826	72.29
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Donnelly	25,550	50.1	+1.3
	National Liberal	Gwilym Lloyd George	25,421	49.9	N/A
Majority			129	0.2	N/A
Turnout			50,971	83.2	+10.9
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Donnelly	25,994	48.4	−1.7
	Conservative	Frederick Farey-Jones	16,968	31.6	−18.3
	Liberal	Dyfrig Hughes Pennant	10,688	19.9	New
Majority			9,026	16.8	+16.6
Turnout			53,650	86.0	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Donnelly	27,002	51.5	+3.1
	Independent	William L. Davies	25,410	48.5	New
Majority			1,592	3.0	−13.8
Turnout			52,412	84.0	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Donnelly	27,623	52.9	+1.4
	Conservative	Henry Graham Partridge	22,301	42.8	New
	Plaid Cymru	Waldo Williams	2,253	4.3	New
Majority			5,322	10.1	+7.1
Turnout			52,177	83.6	−0.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Desmond Donnelly	23,926	47.23
	Conservative	Henry Graham Partridge	15,340	30.28
	Liberal	Alan Coulthard	9,679	19.11	New
	Plaid Cymru	Dyfrig Thomas	1,717	3.39
Majority			8,586	16.95
Turnout			50,662	81.46
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Desmond Donnelly	23,852	48.15
	Conservative	Francis Michael Fisher	17,921	36.17
	Liberal	Owain Glyn Williams	5,308	10.71
	Plaid Cymru	Jack Sheppard	2,460	4.97
Majority			5,931	11.98
Turnout			49,541	79.76
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas Edwards	19,120	34.73
	Labour	Gordon Parry	17,889	32.49
	Democratic Party	Desmond Donnelly	11,824	21.48	New
	Plaid Cymru	Wynne Samuel	3,681	6.69
	Liberal	David Wynford Thomas	3,541	4.62
Majority			1,231	2.24	N/A
Turnout			56,145	77.85
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Edwards	22,268	38.25
	Labour	Gordon Parry	20,789	35.71
	Liberal	Patrick Edwin Charles Jones	12,340	21.20
	Plaid Cymru	R. B. Davies	2,820	4.84
Majority			1,479	2.54
Turnout			58,217	81.44
	Conservative hold		Swing