Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| Radnorshire | |
|---|---|
|
Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1542–1918 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Brecon and Radnor |
Radnorshire was created in 1542 as a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It elected one knight of the shire (MP) by the first past the post system.
In 1918, having too small a population to continue electing an MP in its own right, Radnorshire was combined with the neighbouring seat of Breconshire to form a new Brecon and Radnor Constituency.
Members of Parliament
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1542-1604
| Parliament | Member |
|---|---|
| 1542 | John Baker, died 1544 and replaced by John Price [1] |
| 1545 | John Knill [1] |
| 1547 | Richard Blick[1] |
| 1553 (Mar) | |
| 1553 (Oct) | Charles Vaughan[1] |
| 1554 (Apr) | John Bradshaw[1] |
| 1554 (Nov) | John Knill[1] |
| 1555 | Stephen Price[1] |
| 1558 | Ieuan Lewis[1] |
| 1559 (Jan) | Thomas Lewis[2] |
| 1562–1563 | Thomas Lewis [2] |
| 1571 | Walter Price [2] |
| 1572-1581 | Roger Vaughan [2] |
| 1584-1585 | Thomas Lewis [2] |
| 1586 | Thomas Lewis [2] |
| 1588 (Oct) | Ieuan Lewis [2] |
| 1593 | James Price [2] |
| 1597-1598 | James Price [2] |
| 1601 (Oct) | James Price [2] |
1604-1918
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1604-1611 | James Price | ||
| 1614 | James Price | ||
| 1621-1622: | James Price | ||
| 1624 | James Price | ||
| 1625 | James Price | ||
| 1626 | James Price | ||
| 1628 | Richard Jones | ||
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned | ||
| November 1640 | Charles Price | Royalist | |
| October 1642 | Price disabled to sit - seat vacant | ||
| 1647 | Arthur Annesley | ||
| December 1648 | Annesley excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant | ||
| 1653 | Radnorshire was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament | ||
| 1654 | George Gwynne and Henry Williams | ||
| 1656 | George Gwynne and Henry Williams | ||
| January 1659 | Henry Williams | ||
| May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | ||
| April 1660 | George Gwynne | ||
| 1661 | Sir Richard Lloyd | ||
| 1677 | Richard Williams | ||
| 1679 | Rowland Gwynne | ||
| 1685 | Richard Williams | ||
| 1689 | Rowland Gwynne | ||
| 1690 | Richard Williams | ||
| 1692 | John Jeffreys | ||
| 1698 | Thomas Harley | ||
| 1715 | Richard Fowler | ||
| 1722 | Sir Humphrey Howorth | ||
| 1755 | Howell Gwynne | ||
| 1761 | Marquess of Carnarvon | Whig | |
| 1768 | Chase Price | ||
| 1777 | Thomas Johnes | ||
| 1780 | Thomas Johnes | ||
| 1784 | Thomas Johnes | ||
| 1790 | Thomas Johnes | ||
| 1796 | Walter Wilkins | Whig | |
| 1828 | Thomas Frankland Lewis | Tory | |
| 1835 | Walter Wilkins | Whig | |
| 1840 | Sir John Walsh | Conservative | |
| 1868 | Hon. Arthur Walsh | Conservative | |
| 1880 | Sir Richard Green-Price | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Hon. Arthur Walsh | Conservative | |
| 1892 | Frank Edwards [3] | Liberal | |
| 1895 | Powlett Milbank | Conservative | |
| 1900 | Frank Edwards | Liberal | |
| January 1910 | Sir Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn | Conservative | |
| December 1910 | Sir Frank Edwards | Liberal | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "History of Parliament". Retrieved 2011-08-30.
- ↑ Created a baronet, 1907
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
Frank Edwards
| General Election 1900 Radnorshire[1]
Electorate 5,219 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Francis Edwards | 2,082 | 52.1 | + | |
| Conservative | Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn | 1,916 | 47.9 | - | |
| Majority | 166 | 4.2 | |||
| Turnout | 3998 | 76.6 | |||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | + | |||
| General Election 1906 Radnorshire[1]
Electorate 5,466 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Francis Edwards | 2,187 | 52.1 | +0.0 | |
| Conservative | Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn | 2,013 | 47.9 | -0.0 | |
| Majority | 174 | 4.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 4,200 | 76.8 | +0.2 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| General Election January 1910 Radnorshire[1]
Electorate 5,971 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn | 2,222 | 50.2 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal | Sir Francis Edwards | 2,208 | 49.8 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 14 | 0.4 | 4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 4,430 | 74.2 | -2.6 | ||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.3 | |||
| General Election December 1910 Radnorshire[1]
Electorate 5,971 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Sir Francis Edwards | 2,224 | 50.5 | +0.7 | |
| Conservative | Charles Leyshon Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn | 2,182 | 49.5 | -0.7 | |
| Majority | 42 | 1.0 | 1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 4,406 | 73.8 | -0.4 | ||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Sources
- 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)
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
- W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)