Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Radnorshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1542–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Brecon and Radnor

Radnorshire was created in 1542 as 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 1918. It elected one knight of the shire (MP) by the first past the post system.

In 1918, having too small a population to continue electing an MP in its own right, Radnorshire was combined with the neighbouring seat of Breconshire to form a new Brecon and Radnor Constituency.

Members of Parliament

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1542-1604

Parliament	Member
1542	John Baker, died 1544 and replaced by John Price [1]
1545	John Knill [1]
1547	Richard Blick[1]
1553 (Mar)
1553 (Oct)	Charles Vaughan[1]
1554 (Apr)	John Bradshaw[1]
1554 (Nov)	John Knill[1]
1555	Stephen Price[1]
1558	Ieuan Lewis[1]
1559 (Jan)	Thomas Lewis[2]
1562–1563	Thomas Lewis [2]
1571	Walter Price [2]
1572-1581	Roger Vaughan [2]
1584-1585	Thomas Lewis [2]
1586	Thomas Lewis [2]
1588 (Oct)	Ieuan Lewis [2]
1593	James Price [2]
1597-1598	James Price [2]
1601 (Oct)	James Price [2]

1604-1918

Election		Member	Party
	1604-1611	James Price
	1614	James Price
	1621-1622:	James Price
	1624	James Price
	1625	James Price
	1626	James Price
	1628	Richard Jones
	1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
	November 1640	Charles Price	Royalist
	October 1642	Price disabled to sit - seat vacant
	1647	Arthur Annesley
	December 1648	Annesley excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant
1653		Radnorshire was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament
Representation increased to two members, 1654
	1654	George Gwynne and Henry Williams
	1656	George Gwynne and Henry Williams
Representation reverted to one member, 1659
	January 1659	Henry Williams
	May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
	April 1660	George Gwynne
	1661	Sir Richard Lloyd
	1677	Richard Williams
	1679	Rowland Gwynne
	1685	Richard Williams
	1689	Rowland Gwynne
	1690	Richard Williams
	1692	John Jeffreys
	1698	Thomas Harley
	1715	Richard Fowler
	1722	Sir Humphrey Howorth
	1755	Howell Gwynne
	1761	Marquess of Carnarvon	Whig
	1768	Chase Price
	1777	Thomas Johnes
	1780	Thomas Johnes
	1784	Thomas Johnes
	1790	Thomas Johnes
	1796	Walter Wilkins	Whig
	1828	Thomas Frankland Lewis	Tory
	1835	Walter Wilkins	Whig
	1840	Sir John Walsh	Conservative
	1868	Hon. Arthur Walsh	Conservative
	1880	Sir Richard Green-Price	Liberal
	1885	Hon. Arthur Walsh	Conservative
	1892	Frank Edwards [3]	Liberal
	1895	Powlett Milbank	Conservative
	1900	Frank Edwards	Liberal
	January 1910	Sir Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	Conservative
	December 1910	Sir Frank Edwards	Liberal

Notes

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

Frank Edwards

General Election 1900 Radnorshire[4] Electorate 5,219
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Edwards	2,082	52.1	+
	Conservative	Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	1,916	47.9	-
Majority			166	4.2
Turnout			3998	76.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+

General Election 1906 Radnorshire[4] Electorate 5,466
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Edwards	2,187	52.1	+0.0
	Conservative	Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	2,013	47.9	-0.0
Majority			174	4.2	0.0
Turnout			4,200	76.8	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.0

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910 Radnorshire[4] Electorate 5,971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	2,222	50.2	+2.3
	Liberal	Sir Francis Edwards	2,208	49.8	-2.3
Majority			14	0.4	4.6
Turnout			4,430	74.2	-2.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.3

General Election December 1910 Radnorshire[4] Electorate 5,971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Francis Edwards	2,224	50.5	+0.7
	Conservative	Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	2,182	49.5	-0.7
Majority			42	1.0	1.4
Turnout			4,406	73.8	-0.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.7

Sources

1. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-30.
2. "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-30.
3. Created a baronet, 1907
4. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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