Barry (UK Parliament constituency)

Barry
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
1950 (1950)–1983 (1983)
Number of members one
Replaced by Cardiff South & Penarth and Vale of Glamorgan
Created from Llandaff and Barry

Barry was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election. The majority of the electorate (61%) passed to the new Vale of Glamorgan constituency where they formed a majority (76.8%) of this seat. The district of Penarth which formed 23.6% of the constituency joined the majority of the Cardiff SE seat to form the new Cardiff South and Penarth.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Event Member[1] Party
1950 Dorothy Rees Labour
1951 Sir Raymond Gower Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Barry[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sir Raymond Gower 30,720 50.91
Labour PP Stead 21,928 36.34
Liberal WN Berritt 6,105 10.12
Plaid Cymru AJ Dixon 1,281 2.12
National Front ER Kerton 312 0.52
Majority 8,792 14.57
Turnout 60,349 80.33

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)
  2. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i02.htm