Merthyr Tydfil (UK Parliament constituency)
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Merthyr Tydfil was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. From 1832 to 1868 it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and in 1868 this was increased to two members. The constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election.
It was re-established in 1950 as a single-member constituency, and abolished again for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney constituency.
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] 1832-1868
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Sir Josiah John Guest | ||
| 1852 | Henry Austen Bruce | Liberal | |
| 1868 | representation increased to two members | ||
[edit] 1868-1918
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868 | increased to two members | |||||
| 1868 | Henry Richard | Richard Fothergill | ||||
| 1880 | Charles Herbert James | |||||
| 1888 | David Alfred Thomas | Liberal | ||||
| 1888 | William Pritchard Morgan | |||||
| 1900 | James Keir Hardie | Labour | ||||
| 1910 | Sir Edgar Rees Jones | |||||
| 1915 | Charles Butt Stanton | |||||
| 1918 | constituency abolished: see Merthyr and Aberdare | |||||
[edit] 1950-1983
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | constituency re-established | ||
| 1950 | Stephen Owen Davies | Labour | |
| 1970 | Independent Labour | ||
| 1972 | Edward Rowlands | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | ||
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
