Caerfyrddin (UK Parliament constituency)
Caerfyrddin (Carmarthen) | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Dyfed |
Major settlements | Carmarthen, Ammanford, Llandeilo |
1918–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Replaced by | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire |
1542–1918 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
2024–present | |
Created from | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire |
Caerfyrddin is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, to be first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
It previously existed between 1542 and 1997 under the English version of the name, Carmarthen. It was named Carmarthen Boroughs from 1832 to 1918; between 1997 and 2024 it was divided between Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
History[edit]
Because the seat contained mining areas in the valley of the River Gwendraeth (until the 1980s), much countryside and a high proportion of Welsh speakers, it was fertile territory for the Labour Party, the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru alike. Although the Conservatives never won the seat, they came within 1200 votes of doing so in 1983.
Carmarthen is notable as the first constituency to elect a Plaid Cymru MP, Gwynfor Evans, at a 1966 by-election. Evans was later involved in one of the closest General Election results ever in February 1974, when he lost to the Labour candidate by only three votes.[1][2] The constituency also shot to fame in the following election in October 1974 as the only seat in the country to see its turnout rise on that of February 1974.
Boundaries[edit]
Until 1832, it was a borough constituency consisting of the town of Carmarthen. Between 1832 and 1918 it was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of Carmarthen itself and Llanelli, and was sometimes called "The Carmarthen Boroughs".
In 1918, the borough was abolished, but the name was transferred to one of the divisions of the county of Carmarthenshire. The constituency was made up of the whole of the county of Carmarthenshire except for the urban area around Llanelli. Notable towns were Carmarthen itself, Ammanford and Llandeilo.
In 1997, the Boundary Commission for Wales recommended an extra seat for Dyfed.[3] This led to the seat being split two to one between Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire.[4]
The constituency is be re-established as Caerfyrddin as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final proposals of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[5]
Members of Parliament[edit]
MPs 1542–1640[edit]
Parliament | Member |
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1542 | Gruffydd Williams[6] |
1545 | Gruffydd Williams[6] |
1547 | Thomas Phaer[6] |
1553 (Mar) | William Parry[6] |
1553 (Oct) | Gruffydd Hygons[6] |
1554 (Apr) | William Aubrey[6][7] |
1554 (Nov) | John Parry[6] |
1555 | William Wightman[6] |
1558 | John Vaughan[6] |
1559 | John Parry[8] |
1563 | John Morgan[8] |
1571 | ?John Vaughan[8] |
1572 | Thomas Wigmore[8] |
1584 | John Puckering, sat for Bedford replaced 1584 by Edward Donne Lee[8] |
1586 | Edward Donne Lee[8] |
1588 | Gelly Meyrick[8] |
1593 | Sir Thomas Baskerville[8] |
1597 | Henry Vaughan[8] |
1601 | Walter Rice[8] |
1604–1611 | Sir Walter Rice |
1614 | William Thomas |
1621 | Henry Vaughan |
1624 | Henry Vaughan |
1626 | Henry Vaughan |
1628 | Henry Vaughan |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
1640–1832[edit]
Election | Member[9] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1640 (Apr) | Francis Lloyd | Royalist | |
1640 (Nov) | Francis Lloyd | Royalist | |
February 1644 | Lloyd disabled from sitting – seat vacant | ||
1646 | William Davies | ||
December 1648 | Davies not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | ||
1653 | Carmarthen was not represented in the Barebones Parliament or the First or Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | ||
January 1659 | David Morgan | ||
May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | ||
April 1660 | Arthur Annesley | ||
1661 | Hon. John Vaughan | ||
1679 | Altham Vaughan | ||
1685 | Richard Vaughan | ||
1725 | James Phillips | ||
1727 | Arthur Bevan | ||
1741 | Sir John Philipps | ||
1747 | Thomas Mathews | ||
1751 | Griffith Philipps | ||
1761 | The Earl Verney | ||
1768 | Griffith Philipps | ||
1774 | John Adams | ||
1780 | George Philipps | ||
1784 | John George Philipps | ||
May 1796 | Magens Dorrien Magens[10] | ||
November 1796 | John George Philipps | ||
1803 | Sir William Paxton | ||
1806 | Vice-Admiral George Campbell | Whig[11] | |
1813 | John Campbell | Whig[11] | |
1821 | John Jones | Tory[11] |
1832–1918: Carmarthen Boroughs[edit]
1918–1997: county constituency[edit]
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 19th century[edit]
Elections in the 1830s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Jones | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold |
At the 1830 general election, rioting broke out during polling, at which point John Jones and his Whig rival, John George Philipps, had secured three votes apiece. The vote was abandoned and a by-election was called four months later in December.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | John Jones | 274 | 57.4 | ||
Whig | John George Philipps | 203 | 42.6 | ||
Majority | 71 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 477 | c. 66.0 | |||
Registered electors | c. 723 | ||||
Tory hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | William Henry Yelverton | 302 | 50.6 | +8.0 | |
Tory | John Jones | 295 | 49.4 | -8.0 | |
Majority | 7 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 597 | 87.3 | c. +21.3 | ||
Registered electors | 684 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory | Swing | +8.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Lewis | 304 | 53.1 | +3.7 | |
Whig | William Henry Yelverton | 268 | 46.9 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 36 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 572 | 74.0 | -13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 773 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | David Morris | 333 | 53.7 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | David Lewis | 287 | 46.3 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 46 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 620 | 78.9 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 786 | ||||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 1840s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 938 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 991 | ||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1850s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 849 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 799 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 823 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Morris | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 884 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Cowell-Stepney | 1,892 | 76.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Morgan Dalrymple Treherne[18] | 595 | 23.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,297 | 52.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,487 | 75.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,286 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles William Nevill | 1,654 | 52.8 | +28.9 | |
Liberal | Arthur Cowell-Stepney | 1,481 | 47.2 | −28.9 | |
Majority | 173 | 5.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,135 | 69.8 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,494 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +28.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Cowell-Stepney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin Thomas Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Benjamin Thomas Williams | 1,935 | 51.5 | +4.3 | |
Independent Liberal | John Jones Jenkins[19] | 1,825 | 48.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 110 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,760 | 70.0 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 5,369 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jones Jenkins | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jones Jenkins | 2,884 | 69.2 | +17.7 | |
Conservative | John Simmons Tregoning | 1,281 | 30.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,603 | 38.4 | +35.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,165 | 77.1 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,399 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Arthur Cowell-Stepney | 2,120 | 52.8 | −16.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Jones Jenkins | 1,898 | 47.2 | +16.4 | |
Majority | 222 | 5.6 | −32.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,018 | 74.4 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 5,399 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −16.4 |
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Evan Rowland Jones | 2,412 | 52.4 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Jones Jenkins | 2,187 | 47.6 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 225 | 4.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,599 | 87.0 | +12.6 | ||
Registered electors | 5,289 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Unionist | John Jones Jenkins | 2,443 | 50.5 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Evan Rowland Jones | 2,391 | 49.5 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 52 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,834 | 90.0 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,370 | ||||
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.9 |
Elections in the 20th century[edit]
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Davies | 2,837 | 58.1 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Unionist | John Jones Jenkins | 2,047 | 41.9 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 790 | 16.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,884 | 87.9 | −2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,557 | ||||
Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist | Swing | +8.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W. Llewelyn Williams | 3,902 | 68.3 | +10.2 | |
Conservative | Vere Ponsonby | 1,808 | 31.7 | −10.2 | |
Majority | 2,094 | 36.6 | +20.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,710 | 91.2 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,258 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.2 |
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W. Llewelyn Williams | 4,197 | 68.1 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | Viscount Tiverton | 1,965 | 31.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 2,232 | 36.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,162 | 91.0 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,772 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W. Llewelyn Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W. Llewelyn Williams | 3,836 | 58.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Henry Coulson Bond | 2,555 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Independent Labour | Frank G Vivian | 149 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,281 | 19.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,540 | 89.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,281 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | W. Llewelyn Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | John Hinds | Unopposed | ||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal hold | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Liberal | John Hinds | 12,530 | 41.9 | N/A | |
Unionist | George Coventry | 8,805 | 29.4 | N/A | |
National Farmers' Union | David Johns | 4,775 | 15.9 | N/A | |
Liberal | Hubert Llewelyn-Williams | 3,847 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,725 | 12.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,957 | 82.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 36,213 | ||||
National Liberal gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ellis Ellis-Griffith | 12,988 | 45.1 | +32.3 | |
Unionist | Alfred Stephens | 8,677 | 30.1 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Rowland Williams | 7,132 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,311 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,797 | 78.3 | −4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 36,779 | ||||
Liberal gain from National Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Mond | 12,760 | 44.0 | −1.1 | |
Labour | Edward Teilo Owen | 8,351 | 28.8 | +4.0 | |
Unionist | Alfred Stephens | 7,896 | 27.2 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 4,409 | 15.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,007 | 78.9 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 36,779 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Mond | 17,281 | 68.5 | +23.4 | |
Labour | Edward Teilo Owen | 7,953 | 31.5 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 9,328 | 37.0 | +22.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,234 | 67.9 | −10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 37,155 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Nathaniel Jones | 10,201 | 35.5 | −33.0 | |
Labour | Daniel Hopkin | 10,154 | 35.4 | +3.9 | |
Unionist | Courtenay Mansel | 8,361 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 47 | 0.1 | −36.9 | ||
Turnout | 28,716 | 76.6 | +8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 37,482 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −18.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Hopkin | 15,130 | 38.2 | +6.7 | |
Liberal | William Nathaniel Jones | 14,477 | 36.6 | −31.9 | |
Unionist | John Coventry | 9,961 | 25.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 653 | 1.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,568 | 85.8 | +17.9 | ||
Registered electors | 46,110 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +19.3 |
Elections in the 1930s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Evans | 15,532 | 39.5 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Daniel Hopkin | 14,318 | 36.5 | -1.7 | |
Conservative | Delme William Campbell Davies-Evans | 9,434 | 24.0 | -1.2 | |
Majority | 1,214 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,284 | 84.5 | -1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 46,507 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Hopkin | 18,146 | 47.5 | +11.0 | |
Liberal | Richard Evans | 12,911 | 33.8 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Edward Kellett | 7,177 | 18.8 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 5,235 | 13.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,234 | 79.3 | -5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 48,217 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Moelwyn Hughes | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rhys Hopkin Morris | 19,783 | 51.7 | +17.9 | |
Labour | Moelwyn Hughes | 18,504 | 48.3 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,279 | 3.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,286 | 76.1 | -3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 50,462 | ||||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rhys Hopkin Morris | 24,472 | 50.2 | -1.5 | |
Labour | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 24,285 | 49.8 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 187 | 0.4 | -3.0 | ||
Turnout | 48,759 | 83.4 | +7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 58,444 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rhys Hopkin Morris | 25,632 | 50.5 | +0.3 | |
Labour | David Owen | 25,165 | 49.5 | -0.3 | |
Majority | 467 | 1.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,0795 | 86.5 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 58,709 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rhys Hopkin Morris | 24,410 | 49.5 | -1.0 | |
Labour | Jack Evans | 21,077 | 42.7 | -6.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jennie Eirian Davies | 3,835 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,333 | 6.8 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,320 | 85.1 | -1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 57,956 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Megan Lloyd George | 23,679 | 47.3 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | John Morgan Davies | 20,610 | 41.2 | -8.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jennie Eirian Davies | 5,741 | 11.5 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 3,069 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 43,726 | 87.5 | +2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 57,183 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Megan Lloyd George | 23,399 | 47.9 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | Alun Talfan Davies | 16,766 | 34.3 | -15.2 | |
Conservative | JB Evans | 6,147 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Heulyn Roberts | 2,545 | 5.2 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 6,633 | 13.6 | +6.8 | ||
Turnout | 48,855 | 85.4 | +0.3 | ||
Registered electors | 62,235 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Megan Lloyd George | 21,424 | 45.5 | -2.4 | |
Liberal | Alun Talfan Davies | 15,210 | 32.3 | -2.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 5,495 | 11.7 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | H.E. Protheroe-Beynon | 4,996 | 10.6 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 6,214 | 13.3 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,122 | 84.4 | -1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 55,786 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Megan Lloyd George | 21,221 | 46.2 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | D Hywel Davies | 11,988 | 26.1 | −6.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 7,416 | 16.1 | +4.4 | |
Conservative | Simon James Day | 5,338 | 11.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 9,233 | 20.1 | +6.9 | ||
Turnout | 45,960 | 82.6 | -1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 55,407 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 16,179 | 39.0 | +22.9 | |
Labour | Gwilym Prys-Davies | 13,743 | 33.1 | -13.1 | |
Liberal | D Hywel Davies | 8,650 | 20.8 | -5.3 | |
Conservative | Simon James Day | 2,934 | 7.2 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 2,436 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,506 | 74.9 | -7.7 | ||
Registered electors | 55,407 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing | +12.0 |
Elections in the 1970s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwynoro Jones | 18,719 | 38.0 | −8.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 14,812 | 30.1 | +14.0 | |
Liberal | Huw Thomas | 10,707 | 21.7 | −4.4 | |
Conservative | Lloyd Harvard Davies | 4,975 | 10.1 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 3,907 | 7.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,214 | 83.5 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 64,616 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gwynoro Jones | 17,165 | 34.3 | −3.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 17,162 | 34.3 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | David Roderick Owen-Jones | 9,698 | 19.4 | −2.3 | |
Conservative | Bill Newton Dunn | 6,037 | 12.1 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 3 | 0.01 | -7.9 | ||
Turnout | 50,062 | 83.5 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 59,963 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 23,325 | 45.1 | +11.8 | |
Labour | Gwynoro Jones | 19,685 | 38.1 | +3.8 | |
Liberal | David Roderick Owen-Jones | 5,393 | 10.4 | -9.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Hayward | 2,962 | 5.7 | -6.4 | |
British Candidate | Edward .B Jones | 342 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,640 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 51,704 | 85.6 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 60,402 | ||||
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Thomas | 18,667 | 35.9 | -2.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 16,689 | 32.0 | -13.1 | |
Conservative | Nigel M. Thomas | 12,272 | 23.6 | +17.9 | |
Liberal | Clem Thomas | 4,186 | 8.0 | -2.4 | |
National Front | Charlie Grice | 149 | 0.3 | N/A | |
New Britain | EJ Clarke | 126 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,978 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,086 | 84.4 | -1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 61,714 | ||||
Labour gain from Plaid Cymru | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Roger Thomas | 16,459 | 31.6 | -4.3 | |
Conservative | Nigel M. Thomas | 15,305 | 29.4 | +5.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwynfor Evans | 14,099 | 27.1 | -4.9 | |
Alliance | Joan Colin | 5,737 | 11.0 | +3.0 | |
Ecology | Brian Kingzett | 374 | 0.7 | N/A | |
BNP | Charlie Grice | 154 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,154 | 2.2 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 52,126 | 82.1 | -1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 63,468 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Williams | 19,128 | 35.4 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | Rod Richards | 14,811 | 27.4 | -2.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Hywel Teifi Edwards | 12,457 | 23.0 | -4.1 | |
SDP | Gwynoro Jones | 7,203 | 13.3 | +2.3 | |
Green | Graham Oubridge | 481 | 0.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 4,317 | 8.0 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 54,080 | 82.9 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 65,252 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Williams | 20,879 | 36.6 | +1.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Rhodri Glyn Thomas | 17,957 | 31.5 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen J. Cavenagh | 12,782 | 22.4 | −5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Juliana M.J. Hughes | 5,353 | 9.4 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 2,922 | 5.1 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,971 | 82.7 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 68,887 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.6 |
Elections in the 21st century[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Will Beasley | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Beckett | ||||
Women's Equality | Nancy Cole | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Ann Davies | ||||
Workers Party | David Mark Evans | ||||
Conservative | Simon Hart | ||||
Reform UK | Bernard Holton | ||||
Labour | Martha O'Neil | ||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
Notes and references[edit]
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- ^ The BBC article quoted above says that it was the second closest General Election result since the Second World War. But the Winchester general election result of 1997 was closer.
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- ^ C. Rallings & M. Thrasher, The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies, p.202 (Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre, 1995)
- ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
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- ^ a b c Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
- ^ On petition, Magens was found not to have been duly elected, and his opponent Phillips was seated in his place
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 184.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836. p. 163.
- ^ "Carmarthen". Dublin Evening Post. 29 June 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Created a baronet, 1871
- ^ Succeeded to baronetcy, 1877
- ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Carmarthen". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "The Battle of the Boroughs". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 28 November 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 3 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The nomination for Carmarthen Boroughs". The Illustrated London News. 7 January 1882. p. 15. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
- ^ a b c d Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 551
- ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif 18885-1997, Beti Jones
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Craig, F. W. S. (1971). British parliamentary election results 1950-1970 (1 ed.). Chichester: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 9780900178023. Page 570
- ^ "UK General Election results: October 1951 [Archive]". www.politicsresources.net. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
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- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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