Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)
Merthyr | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Merthyr Tydfil |
Created from | Merthyr Tydfil |
Merthyr was a borough constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Sir Edgar Rees Jones | Coalition Liberal | |
1922 | Richard Collingham Wallhead | Labour | |
1931 | ILP | ||
1933 | Labour | ||
1934 by-election | S. O. Davies | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished: see Merthyr Tydfil |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Merthyr[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | 14,127 | 52.7 | n/a | ||
Labour | James Winstone | 12,682 | 47.3 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,445 | 5.4 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 76.5 | n/a | |||
Liberal win | |||||
- endorsed by Coalition Government
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1922: Merthyr [2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 17,516 | 53.0 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Sir Richard Mathias | 15,552 | 47.0 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,964 | 6.0 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 90.6 | +14.1 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1923: Merthyr [3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 19,511 | 60.1 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | D. Rowland Thomas | 7,403 | 22.8 | n/a | |
Unionist | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies | 5,548 | 17.1 | n/a | |
Majority | 12,108 | 37.3 | +31.3 | ||
Turnout | 86.8 | -3.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1924: Merthyr[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 19,882 | 59.8 | -0.3 | |
Unionist | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies | 13,383 | 40.2 | +23.1 | |
Majority | 6,499 | 19.6 | -17.7 | ||
Turnout | 86.9 | +0.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1929: Merthyr [5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 22,701 | 59.6 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | J Jenkins | 8,696 | 22.8 | n/a | |
Unionist | Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt | 6,712 | 17.6 | -21.6 | |
Majority | 14,005 | 36.8 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 85.8 | -1.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1931: Merthyr [6][7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ind. Labour Party | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 24,623 | 69.4 | +9.8 | |
New Party | Sellick Davies | 10,834 | 30.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 13,789 | 38.8 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 80.8 | -5.0 | |||
Ind. Labour Party gain from Labour | Swing | n/a | |||
Merthyr by-election, 1934 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Stephen Owen Davies | 18,645 | 51.8 | n/a | |
Liberal | J. V. Evans | 10,376 | 28.9 | n/a | |
Ind. Labour Party | Rev Campbell Stephen | 3,508 | 9.8 | n/a | |
Communist | Wal Hannington | 3,409 | 9.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 8,269 | 22.9 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 81.1 | +0.3 | |||
Labour gain from Ind. Labour Party | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/12737956/cube/POL_PARTY
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- 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)
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