East Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Glamorganshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members one

East Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Glamorganshire, 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.

Overview

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election. Throughout its existence it was held by the Liberal Party and it was a constituency largely dominated by the coal mining industry.

Boundaries

Created in the redistribution of seats in 1885 & from the old Glamorganshire constituency which had been in existence since 1541, the seat covered a wide area that included Llantwit Fardre, Church Village, Tonteg, Pentyrch, Creigiau, Pontypridd, Caerphilly, Abercynon, Llanfabon, Gelligaer, Hengoed. It was scrapped in the next redistribution of seats that took place in 1918.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Sir Alfred Thomas Liberal
1910 Allen Clement Edwards Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Following the creation of the seat in 1885, there was a contest for the nomination. Following a meeting at Pontypridd, a number of candidates were proposed and invited to address public meetings. They included T. Marchant Williams, Lewis Morris and the Rev Aaron Davies.[1] Ultimately the two leading candidates proved to be Alfred Thomas, a prominent figure in the public life of Cardiff, where he had served as Mayor in 1881/2, and William Bowen Rowlands, a Pembrokeshire-born lawyer. A leading Baptist, Thomas's victory owed much to his nonconformist connections, upon which this 'amiable and benevolent man' based much of his political outlook.[2]

United Kingdom general election, 1885: East Glamorgan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Thomas 4,886 n/a
Conservative Godfrey L. Clark 2,086 n/a
Majority 2,800 n/a
Turnout n/a
Liberal win (new seat)

The seat was held in 1886 by the Liberals who were unopposed.[3]

Elections in the 1890s

The seat was held in 1892 by the Liberals who obtained a majority of 2,967.[4]

United Kingdom general election, 1895: East Glamorgan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Thomas 6,055
Conservative C. J. Jackson 3,909
Majority 2,146
Turnout
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1900s

Alfred Thomas
United Kingdom general election, 1900: East Glamorgan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Thomas 6,994 63.2
Conservative H. Lindsay 4,080 36.8
Majority 2,914 26.3
Turnout 11,074
Liberal hold Swing

In the General Election of January/February 1906 Sir Alfred Thomas of the Liberal Party was returned Unopposed.

Elections in the 1910s

United Kingdom general election, January 1910: East Glamorgan[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Alfred Thomas 14,721 72.0 n/a
Conservative Frank Hall Gaskell 5,727 28.0 n/a
Majority 8,994 44.0 n/a
Turnout 20,448 85.3 n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a
A.C. Edwards
United Kingdom general election, December 1910: East Glamorgan[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allen Clement Edwards 9,088 46.9
Conservative Frank Hall Gaskell 5,603 28.9
Labour Charles Butt Stanton 4,675 24.1 n/a
Majority 3,485 18.0
Turnout 19,366 80.8
Liberal hold Swing

Footnotes

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Nomination of Liberal Candidates". Weekly Mail. 25 April 1885. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Morgan. "Democratic Politics": 10.
  3. ↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  4. ↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  5. ↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  6. ↑ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 101 1911 Section

Bibliography

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