Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox UK constituency Merthyr was a borough constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1918 | Sir Edgar Rees Jones | Coalition Liberal |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1922 | R. C. Wallhead | Labour |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1931 | ILP | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1933 | Labour | |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1934 by-election | S. O. Davies | Labour |
| 1950 | constituency abolished: see Merthyr Tydfil | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James Winstone | 12,682 | 47.3 | ||
| Majority | 1,445 | 5.4 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 26,809 | 76.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 35,049 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent and Anti-Socialist | Richard Mathias[note 1] | 15,552 | 47.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1,964 | 6.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 33,068 | 90.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 36,514 | 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 | |||
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Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | David Rowland Thomas | 7,403 | 22.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Arthur Fox-Davies | 5,548 | 17.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 12,108 | 37.3 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 32,462 | 86.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 37,413 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | Arthur Fox-Davies | 13,383 | 40.2 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 6,499 | 19.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 33,265 | 86.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 38,276 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | -11.7 | |||
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Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | James Jenkins | 8,696 | 22.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Francis Bradley-Birt | 6,712 | 17.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 14,005 | 36.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 38,109 | 85.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 44,408 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1930s
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | Sellick Davies | 10,834 | 30.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 13,789 | 38.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 35,547 | 80.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 43,908 | 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 | |||
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Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | Victor Evans | 10,376 | 28.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Campbell Stephen | 3,508 | 9.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Wal Hannington | 3,409 | 9.5 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 8,269 | 22.9 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 35,938 | 81.1 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 44,286 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | Claude Stanfield | 9,640 | 32.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 10,890 | 36.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 30,170 | 68.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 43,842 | 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 | |||
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Elections in the 1940s
Template:Election box winning candidate with party link| 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". | Samuel Jennings | 5,693 | 18.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 19,186 | 62.8 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 30,572 | 68.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Registered electors | 44,540 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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See also
Notes
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- ↑ Nominee of the local National Liberal association and supported by the Merthyr Conservative association
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References
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