Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Caernarvonshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Replaced by	Caernarvon and Conway
Created from	Arfon and Eifion
1542–1885
Replaced by	Arfon and Eifion

Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1542)

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MPs 1542–1604

Parliament	Member
1542	?John "Wynn" ap Maredudd ^[1]
1545	John Puleston^[1]
1547	Sir John Puleston, died 1552 and replaced by John "Wynn" ap Maredudd} ^[1]
1553 (Mar)	John Wynn ap Hugh ^[1]
1553 (Oct)	Morris Wynn ^[1]
1554 (Apr)	Morris Wynn ^[1]
1554 (Nov)	David Lloyd ap Thomas ^[1]
1555	Sir Rhys Gruffydd ^[1]
1558	William Wynn Williams ^[1]
1558–1559	Robert Pugh ^[2]
1563 (Jan)	Morris Wynn^[2]
1571	John Wynn ap Hugh ^[2]
1572 (Apr)	John Gwynne, died 1574 and replaced by William Thomas^[2]
1584	William Thomas ^[2]
1586	John Wynn ^[2]
1588 (Oct)	Hugh Gwyn Bodvel ^[2]
1593	William Maurice ^[2]
1597 (Oct)	William Griffith ^[2]
1601 (Sep)	William Jones ^[2]

MPs 1604–1950

	Member	Party
1604	Sir William Maurice
1614	Richard Wynn
1621	John Griffith
1624	Thomas Glynn
1625	Thomas Glynn
1626	John Griffith
1628	John Griffith
1640 April	Thomas Glynn
1640 November	John Griffith junior	disabled 1642
1647	Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet
1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament

Year	First Member	Second Member
Two members in first and second protectorate parliaments
1654	Sir John Glynne	Thomas Madryn
1656	Sir John Glynne Henry Lawrence	Robert Williams

Year		Member	Party
1659		William Glynne
1660		Sir John Glynne
1661		Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet
1675		Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley
1679		Thomas Bulkeley
1689		Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet
1697		Thomas Bulkeley
1705		Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet
1713		William Griffith
1715		John Griffith
1740		John Wynn
1741		William Bodvell
1754		Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet
1761		Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet
1774		Thomas Assheton Smith
1780		John Parry
1790		Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet
1826		Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet
1830		Charles Griffith-Wynne
1832		Thomas Assheton Smith	Conservative
1837		John Ralph Ormsby-Gore	Conservative
1841		Edward Douglas-Pennant	Conservative
1866		George Douglas-Pennant	Conservative
1868		Love Jones-Parry	Liberal
1874		Hon. George Douglas-Pennant	Conservative
April 1880		Charles James Watkin Williams	Liberal
December 1880		William Rathbone	Liberal
1885	Constituency abolished
1918	Constituency re-created
1918		Charles Edward Breese	Coalition Liberal
1922		Robert Thomas Jones	Labour
1923		Goronwy Owen	Liberal
1945		Goronwy Owen Roberts	Labour
1950	Constituency abolished

Uncontested elections 1832 - 1865

Thomas Assheton Smith (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1832 and 1835.

John Ralph Ormsby-Gore Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1837.

Edward Henry Douglas Pennant (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1841, 1847, 1852, 1857, 1859 and 1865. Henry Douglas Pennant became a member of the House of Lords on the death of his father in 1866

Edward's son George Douglas Pennant (Conservative) was elected unopposed in 1865, he lost his seat to Love Jones Parry in a contested election in 1868.

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Edward Breese	10,488	44.5	n/a
	Independent Labour	Robert Thomas Jones	8,145	34.6	n/a
	Independent Liberal	Ellis William Davies	4,937	20.99	n/a
Majority			2,343	9.9	n/a
Turnout				64.6	n/a
	Liberal win

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Thomas Jones	14,016	53.0	+18.4
	National Liberal	Charles Edward Breese	12,407	47.0	+2.5
Majority			1,609	6.0	-3.9
Turnout			26,423	70.6	+6.0
	Labour gain from National Liberal		Swing

General Election 6 December 1923 : Caernarvonshire ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Goronwy Owen	15,043	52.7	+5.7
	Labour	Robert Thomas Jones	13,521	47.3	-5.7
Majority			1,522	5.4	11.4
Turnout				74.9	+4.3
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing	+5.7

General Election 1924: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Goronwy Owen	15,033	50.8	-1.9
	Labour	Robert Thomas Jones	14,564	49.2	+1.9
Majority			469	1.6	-3.8
Turnout			29,597	76.6	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.9

General Election 1929: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Goronwy Owen	18,507	47.8	-2.9
	Labour	Robert Thomas Jones	14,867	38.5	-10.7
	Unionist	D. Fowden Jones	4,669	12.1	n/a
	Plaid Cymru	Lewis Edward Valentine	609	1.6	n/a
Majority			3,640	9.3	+7.8
Turnout			38,652	81.4	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931 Electorate 48,003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Goronwy Owen	14,993	39.0
	Labour	William Elwyn Edwards Jones	14,299	37.2
	National	W P O Evans	7,990	20.8
	Plaid Cymru	Prof. John Edward Daniel	1,136	3.0
Majority			694	1.8
Turnout			38,418	80.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Owen stood opposed to the National Government.

General Election 1935 Electorate 49,284
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Goronwy Owen	17,947	48.6
	Labour	William Elwyn Edwards Jones	16,450	44.5
	Plaid Cymru	Prof. John Edward Daniel	2,534	6.9
Majority			1,497	4.1
Turnout			36,931	74.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: Goronwy Owen
Labour: Elwyn Jones

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945 Electorate 51,249
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Goronwy Owen Roberts	22,043	55.3
	Liberal	Sir Goronwy Owen	15,637	39.3
	Plaid Cymru	William Ambrose Bebb	2,152	5.4
Majority			6,406	16.1
Turnout				77.7
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

Sources

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-29.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-29.
↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones

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