Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency)

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Carmarthen Borough constituency
Created:	1542
Abolished:	1997
Type:	House of Commons

Carmarthen was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from its creation in 1542 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.

After its abolition, it was partly replaced by the new Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency, and partly by Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year		Member	Party
	1882	John Jones Jenkins	Liberal
	1886	Emile Algernon Arthur Keppel Cowell-Stepney	Liberal Unionist
	1892	Evan Rowland Jones	Liberal
	1895	John Jones Jenkins	Liberal Unionist
	1900	Alfred Davies	Liberal
	1906	William Llewelyn Williams	Liberal
	1918	John Hinds	Coalition Liberal
	1923	Ellis Jones Ellis-Griffith	Liberal
	1924	Alfred Mond	Liberal
	1928	William Nathaniel Jones	Liberal
	1929	Daniel Hopkin	Labour
	1931	Richard Thomas Evans	Liberal
	1935	Daniel Hopkin	Labour
	1941	Ronw Moelwyn Hughes	Labour
	1945	Rhys Hopkin Morris	Liberal
	1957	Megan Lloyd-George	Labour
	1966	Gwynfor Evans	Plaid Cymru
	1970	Gwynoro Jones	Labour
	1974	Gwynfor Evans	Plaid Cymru
	1979	Roger Thomas	Labour
	1987	Alan Wynne Williams	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished. See Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.