Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 52°38′24″N 3°28′08″W / 52.640°N 3.469°W
Montgomeryshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Montgomeryshire in Wales. | |
Preserved county | Powys |
Electorate | 48,910 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Newtown, Welshpool |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1536 |
Member of parliament | Glyn Davies (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | Mid and West Wales |
European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Montgomeryshire (Welsh: Sir Drefaldwyn) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Created in 1542, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP), traditionally known as the knight of the shire, by the first-past-the-post system of election.
The Montgomeryshire Welsh Assembly constituency was created with the same boundaries in 1999.
Boundaries
The seat is based on the ancient county of Montgomeryshire, in the principal area of Powys. One of Britain's most rural and isolated constituencies, it has also been one of the small handful of seats that the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Liberal Party) could call safe, before a loss to the Conservatives in the 2010 general election. Apart from this and a Conservative victory in the 1979 general election, Montgomeryshire has elected Liberal or Liberal-affiliated candidates since 1880. The seat was officially known as Montgomery before 1997.
Members of Parliament
1542–1604
Parliament | Member |
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1542 | James Leche[2] |
1545 | Humphrey Lloyd[2] |
1547 | Humphrey Lloyd[2] |
1553 (Mar) | Edward Herbert[2] |
1553 (Oct) | Edward Herbert[2] |
1554 (Apr) | Edward Herbert[2] |
1554 (Nov) | Edward Herbert[2] |
1555 | Not known |
1558 | Edward Herbert[2] |
1559 (Jan) | Edward Herbert I[3] |
1562–1563 | Edward Herbert I[3] |
1571 | Edward Herbert I[3] |
1572 | John Price[3] |
1584 (Oct) | Richard Herbert[3] |
1586 (Oct) | Oliver Lloyd[3] |
1588 (Oct) | Edward Herbert I[3] |
1593 | Reginald WIlliams[3] |
1597 (Sep) | William Herbert[3] |
1601 (Oct) | Edward Herbert[3] |
1604–present
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
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1604–1611 | William Herbert | ||
1614 | William Herbert | ||
1621–1622 | William Herbert | ||
1624 | William Herbert | ||
1624–1629 | William Herbert | ||
1640 | Richard Herbert | ||
1640–1642 | John Pryce | ||
1642 | Seat vacant from 12 September 1642, when Pryce was disabled from sitting | ||
1647 | Edward Vaughan | ||
1648 | Seat vacant after Vaughan was excluded in Pride's Purge | ||
1653 | Not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament | ||
1654 - 1655 (Two Members) |
Charles Lloyd | ||
John Pryce | |||
1656 - 1658 (Two Members) |
Charles Lloyd | ||
Hugh Pryce | |||
1659 | Edward Vaughan | ||
1660 | John Purcell | ||
1661 | Edward Vaughan | ||
1661 | Hon. Andrew Newport | Tory | |
1679 | Edward Vaughan | ||
1719 | Hon. Price Devereux | ||
1740 | Robert Williams | ||
1741 | Sir Watkin Williams Wynn | Tory | |
1742 | Robert Williams | ||
1747 | Edward Kynaston | ||
1772 | Watkin Williams | ||
1774 | William Mostyn Owen | ||
1795 | Francis Lloyd | ||
1799 | Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn | Tory | |
1834 | Conservative | ||
1850 by-election | Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn | Conservative | |
1862 by-election | Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn | Conservative | |
1880 | Stuart Rendel | Liberal | |
1894 by-election | Arthur Humphreys-Owen | Liberal | |
1906 | David Davies | Liberal | |
1929 | Clement Davies | Liberal | |
1931 | National Liberal | ||
1939 | Independent | ||
1942 | Liberal | ||
1962 | Emlyn Hooson | Liberal | |
1979 | Delwyn Williams | Conservative | |
1983 | Alex Carlile | Liberal | |
1988 | Liberal Democrat | ||
1997 | Lembit Öpik | Liberal Democrat | |
2010 | Glyn Davies | Conservative | |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
General Election 2015: Montgomeryshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Green | Richard Chaloner | ||||
Conservative | Edward Glyn Davies | ||||
Liberal Democrat | Jane Dodds[5] | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Ann Griffith[6] | ||||
UKIP | Des Parkinson[7] | ||||
Labour | Martyn Singleton[8] | ||||
General Election 2010: Montgomeryshire[9][10] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Edward Glyn Davies | 13,976 | 41.3 | +13.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Lembit Öpik | 12,792 | 37.8 | −12.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Heledd Fychan | 2,802 | 8.3 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Nick Colbourne | 2,407 | 7.1 | −5.2 | |
UKIP | David W L Rowlands | 1,128 | 3.3 | +0.4 | |
National Front | Milton Ellis | 384 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Bruce Lawson | 324 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,184 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 33,813 | 69.4 | +3.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | +13.2 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: Montgomeryshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Lembit Öpik | 15,419 | 51.2 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Simon Baynes | 8,246 | 27.4 | −0.5 | |
Labour | David Tinline | 3,454 | 11.5 | −0.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Ellen ap Gwynn | 2,078 | 6.9 | +0.1 | |
UKIP | Clive Easton | 900 | 3.0 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 7,173 | 23.8 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,097 | 64.4 | −1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
General Election 2001: Montgomeryshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Lembit Öpik | 14,319 | 49.4 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | David Jones | 8,085 | 27.9 | +1.8 | |
Labour | Paul Davies | 3,443 | 11.9 | −7.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | David Senior | 1,969 | 6.8 | +1.8 | |
UKIP | David Rowlands | 786 | 2.7 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Ruth Davies | 210 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Reginald Taylor | 171 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,234 | 21.5 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 28,983 | 65.5 | −9.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: Montgomeryshire | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Lembit Öpik | 14,647 | 45.9 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Glyn Davies | 8,344 | 26.1 | −6.6 | |
Labour | Miss Angharad L. Davies | 6,109 | 19.1 | +6.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Helen Mary Jones | 1,608 | 5.0 | +0.3 | |
Referendum Party | John Andreas Bufton | 879 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Green | Mrs. Sue M. Walker | 338 | 1.1 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 6,303 | 19.7 | +3.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,925 | 74.7 | −5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
General Election 1992: Montgomery[11] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | Alexander Charles Carlile | 16,031 | 48.5 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Jeannie France-Hayhurst | 10,822 | 32.7 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Steve J. Wood | 4,115 | 12.4 | +1.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Hugh N. Parsons | 1,581 | 4.8 | +0.3 | |
Green | Patrick H.W. Adams | 508 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,209 | 15.8 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,057 | 79.9 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1980s
General Election 1987: Montgomery | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Alexander Charles Carlile | 14,729 | 46.6 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | David Maldwyn Evans | 12,171 | 38.5 | −2.6 | |
Labour | Edward David Walter Llewellyn-Jones | 3,304 | 10.5 | +1.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dr. Carl Iwan Clowes | 1,412 | 4.5 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 2,558 | 8.1 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,616 | 79.4 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Montgomery | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Alexander Charles Carlile | 12,863 | 43.3 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | David John Delwyn Williams | 12,195 | 41.1 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Joe Wilson | 2,550 | 8.6 | −7.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Dr. Carl Iwan Clowes | 1,585 | 5.3 | −3.2 | |
Independent | D.W.L. Rowlands | 487 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 668 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 29,680 | 79.2 | −2.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1979: Montgomery | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | David John Delwyn Williams | 11,751 | 40.3 | +11.9 | |
Liberal | Hugh Emlyn Hooson | 10,158 | 34.9 | −8.2 | |
Labour | J. Price | 4,751 | 16.3 | −2.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | C. Clowes | 2,474 | 8.5 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 1,593 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 29,134 | 81.4 | +1.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
General Election October 1974: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Hugh Emlyn Hooson | 11,280 | 43.1 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | W.R.C. Williams-Wynne | 7,421 | 28.4 | −0.5 | |
Labour | P.W. Harris | 5,031 | 19.2 | +1.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | A.P. Jones | 2,440 | 9.3 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 3,859 | 14.7 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,172 | 77.9 | −4.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
General Election February 1974: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Hugh Emlyn Hooson | 12,495 | 45.4 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | W.R.C. Williams-Wynne | 7,844 | 28.5 | −1.2 | |
Labour | P.W. Harris | 4,888 | 17.8 | −2.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | A.P. Jones | 2,274 | 8.3 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 4,651 | 16.9 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,501 | 82.6 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1970: Montgomery | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Hugh Emlyn Hooson | 10,202 | 38.4 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | David John Delwyn Williams | 7,891 | 29.7 | +2.3 | |
Labour | D.W. Thomas | 5,335 | 20.1 | −3.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Edward Glynne Millward | 3,145 | 11.8 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 2,311 | 8.7 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,573 | 82.3 | −0.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Hugh Emlyn Hooson | 10,278 | 41.5 | −0.8 | |
Conservative | Alfred William Wiggin | 6,784 | 27.4 | +0.7 | |
Labour | G.M. Evans | 5,891 | 23.8 | +1.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | T. Edwards | 1,841 | 7.4 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 3,494 | 14.1 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,794 | 82.8 | −1.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1964: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Hugh Emlyn Hooson | 10,738 | 42.3 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Alfred William Wiggin | 6,768 | 26.7 | −4.7 | |
Labour | G.M. Evans | 5,696 | 22.5 | −4.1 | |
Plaid Cymru | Islwyn Ffowc Elis | 2,167 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,970 | 15.6 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 25,369 | 84.1 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Montgomeryshire by-election, 1962 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Hugh Emlyn Hooson | 13,181 | 51.3 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | Robert H. Dawson | 5,632 | 21.9 | −9.4 | |
Labour | Tudor Davies | 5,299 | 20.6 | −6.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Islwyn Ffowc Elis | 1,594 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,549 | 29.4 | +18.6 | ||
Turnout | 25,706 | 85.1 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Edward Clement Davies | 10,970 | 42.0 | −26.0 | |
Conservative | F.L. Morgan | 8,176 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Labour | D.C. Jones | 6,950 | 26.6 | −5.4 | |
Majority | 2,794 | 10.7 | −25.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,096 | 83.8 | +10.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1955: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Edward Clement Davies | 16,021 | 68.0 | −0.5 | |
Labour | D.C. Jones | 7,521 | 32.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 8,500 | 36.1 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 23,542 | 73.6 | −3.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 | |||
General Election 1951: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Edward Clement Davies | 17,075 | 68.5 | +18.5 | |
Labour | D.C. Jones | 7,854 | 31.5 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 9,221 | 37.0 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,929 | 76.9 | −12.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1950: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Rt Hon. Edward Clement Davies | 14,401 | 50.0 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | H. West | 7,621 | 26.5 | −17.2 | |
Labour | J.D. Williams | 6,760 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,780 | 23.6 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,782 | 88.9 | +11.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Edward Clement Davies | 14,018 | 56.3 | n/a | |
Conservative | P.L.W. Owen | 10,895 | 43.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 3,123 | 15.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 24,913 | 77.4 | n/a | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | Edward Clement Davies | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1931: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | Edward Clement Davies | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929
Electorate 31,142 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Edward Clement Davies | 12,779 | 46.5 | -30.8 | |
Unionist | Cllr. J.M. Naylor | 10,651 | 38.7 | n/a | |
Labour | John Evans | 4,069 | 14.8 | ||
Majority | 2,128 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 88.3 | +8.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1924
Electorate 24,338 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | David Davies | 14,942 | 77.3 | n/a | |
Labour | Arthur Davies | 4,384 | 22.7 | n/a | |
Majority | 10,558 | 54.6 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 79.4 | n/a | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1923
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | David Davies | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1922
Electorate 23,759 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | David Davies | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Lt-Col. David Davies | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Davies was sent the coalition government 'coupon' but repudiated it.
General Election, December 1910: Montgomery
Electorate | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | David Davies | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election, January 1910: Montgomery | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | David Davies | 4,369 | 61.8 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Watkin Williams Wynn | 2,697 | 38.2 | ||
Majority | 1,672 | 23.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,066 | 89.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1900s
General Election, 1906: Montgomery
Electorate 7,843 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | David Davies | Unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election, 1900: Montgomery
Electorate 7,915 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Arthur Charles Humphreys-Owen | 3,482 | |||
Conservative | Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn | 3,218 | |||
Majority | 264 | 3.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1800s
General Election, 1892 Liberal Majority 27 General Election, 1892 Liberal Majority 815 General Election, 1886 Liberal Majority 579
See also
- Montgomeryshire (Assembly constituency)
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Powys
- Montgomeryshire by-election, 1962
Notes and references
- ↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ↑ http://montlibdems.org.uk/en/page/jane-dodds-parliamentary-candidate-for-montgomeryshire
- ↑ Labour reveal Martyn Singleton as candidate
- ↑ "4587404460". Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.mywelshpool.co.uk/viewerheadline/ArticleId/8838
- ↑ Montgomeryshire Cyngor Sir Powys County Council Electoral Registration
- ↑ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Montgomeryshire". BBC News.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Further reading
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Robert Waller, The Almanac of British Politics (1st edition, London: Croom Helm, 1983)
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