Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency main

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)

Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet	Whig^[3]
1826	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet	Non Partisan
1830	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Charles Griffith-Wynne	Tory^[3]
1832	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Thomas Assheton Smith	Tory^[3]
1834	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Thomas Assheton Smith	Conservative^[3]
1837	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	John Ormsby-Gore	Conservative^[3]
1841	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Edward Douglas-Pennant	Conservative^[3]
1866	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	George Douglas-Pennant	Conservative
1868	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Love Jones-Parry	Liberal
1874	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Hon. George Douglas-Pennant	Conservative
April 1880	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Watkin Williams	Liberal
December 1880	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	William Rathbone	Liberal
1885	Constituency abolished
1918	Constituency re-created
1918	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Charles Edward Breese	Coalition Liberal
1922	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Robert Jones	Labour
1923	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Goronwy Owen	Liberal
1945	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Goronwy Roberts	Labour
1950	Constituency abolished

Uncontested elections 1830–1865

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link Template:Election box gain no swing

General election 1830: Caernarvonshire^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		Script error: No such module "String".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1831: Caernarvonshire^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1832: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			1,688		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1835: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			1,642		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1837: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			1,791		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1841: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			2,162		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1847: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			2,117		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1852: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			1,913		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1857: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			2,060		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1859: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			2,116		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1865: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Registered electors			2,190		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections 1866–1885

Elections in the 1860s

Pennant was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Penrhyn, causing a by-election.

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

By-election, 14 Aug 1866: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1868: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Love Jones-Parry	Template:Replace	52.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Douglas-Pennant	1,815	48.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			153	4.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			3,783	78.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			4,852		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Douglas-Pennant	Template:Replace	54.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Love Jones-Parry	2,318	45.7	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			432	8.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			5,068	80.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			6,286		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	+6.3

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Caernarvonshire^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Watkin Williams	Template:Replace	60.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	George Douglas-Pennant	2,206	40.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,097	20.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			5,509	82.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			6,652		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	+14.3

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Williams resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice

By-election, 2 Dec 1880: Caernarvonshire^[6]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	William Rathbone	Template:Replace	59.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Hugh Ellis-Nanney^[7]	2,151	40.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,029	19.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			5,331	80.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Registered electors			6,652		Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	-0.3

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections 1918–1945

Elections in the 1910s

Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918 Template:Election box end 1918

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1918: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Jones	8,145	34.6
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ellis William Davies	4,937	21.0
Majority			2,343	9.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			23,570	64.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

General election 1922: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Jones	Template:Replace	53.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Charles Edward Breese	12,407	47.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,609	6.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			26,423	70.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1923: Caernarvonshire ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Goronwy Owen	Template:Replace	52.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Jones	13,521	47.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,522	5.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			28,564	74.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	+5.7

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1924: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Goronwy Owen	Template:Replace	50.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Jones	14,564	49.2	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			469	1.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			29,597	76.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	−1.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

General election 1929: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Goronwy Owen	Template:Replace	47.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Robert Jones	14,867	38.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	D. Fowden Jones	4,669	12.1	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Lewis Valentine	609	1.6	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			3,640	9.3	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			38,652	81.4	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing	+3.9

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Goronwy Owen	Template:Replace	39.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elwyn Jones	14,299	37.2	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	W P O Evans	7,990	20.8	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Edward Daniel	1,136	3.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			694	1.8	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			38,418	80.0	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Owen opposed the National Government

General election 1935: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Goronwy Owen	Template:Replace	48.6	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Elwyn Jones	16,450	44.5	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	John Edward Daniel	2,534	6.9	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			1,497	4.1	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			36,931	74.9	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". hold		Swing

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

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: Caernarvonshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Goronwy Roberts	Template:Replace	55.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Goronwy Owen	15,637	39.3	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party".	Ambrose Bebb	2,152	5.4	Script error: No such module "String".
Majority			6,406	16.0	Script error: No such module "String".
Turnout			39,832	77.7	Script error: No such module "String".
	Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". Template:Yesno		Swing	+10.0

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ ^a ^b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Template:Historic constituencies in Wales

[HoP-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[HoP2-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[stookssmith-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[hop1820-1832-4] Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[craig1832-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[6] Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[7] Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[8] Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Contents

Members of Parliament

MPs 1542–1604

MPs 1604–1950

Uncontested elections 1830–1865

Elections 1866–1885

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections 1918–1945

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

External links

References

Navigation menu

Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Members of Parliament

MPs 1542–1604

MPs 1604–1950

Uncontested elections 1830–1865

Elections 1866–1885

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections 1918–1945

Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1940s

External links

References

Navigation menu

Search