East Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Glamorganshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Number of members one

East Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Glamorganshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

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History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, and abolished for the 1918 general election.

Boundaries

Created in the redistribution of seats in 1885 & from the old Glamorganshire constituency which had been in existence since 1541, the seat covered a wide area that included Llantwit Fardre, Church Village, Tonteg, Pentyrch, Creigiau, Pontypridd, Caerphilly, Abercynon, Llanfabon, Gelligaer, Hengoed. It was scrapped in the next redistribution of seats that took place in 1918.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Sir Alfred Thomas Liberal
1910 Allen Clement Edwards Liberal
1918 constituency abolished

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 3rd - 19 December 1910: East Glamorganshire [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Allen Clement Edwards 9,088 46.93
Conservative F H Gaskell 5,603 28.94
Labour C B Stanton 4,675 24.14
Majority 3,485 18.00
Turnout 19,366a 80.77
Liberal hold Swing
General Election 15 January - 20 February 1910: East Glamorganshire [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd 14,721 72.00
Conservative F H Gaskell 5,727 28.00
Majority 8,994 43.99
Turnout 20,448b 85.28 N/A
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1900's

In the General Election of January/February 1906 Sir Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd of the Liberal Party was returned Unopposed.[3]

General Election 25 September - 24 October 1900: East Glamorganshire [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd 6,994 63.16 N/A
Conservative Unknown 4,080 36.85 N/A
Majority 2,914 26.32 N/A
Turnout 11,074 N/A N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1890's

In the General Election of July/August 1895 the Liberal Party held the constituency against the Conservative Party, obtaining an 2,146 vote majority.[5]

Prior to this the seat was held in 1892 & 1886 by the Liberals who obtained a majority of 2,967 & were unopposed in 1886.[6]

Footnotes

See Also

Notes and references

  1. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 101 1911 Section
  2. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  3. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  4. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  5. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section
  6. ^ The Times House of Commons Guide 1910, 1911, 1919, Poltico's Publishing Page 92 1910 Section