Llandaff and Barry (UK Parliament constituency)
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Llandaff and Barry | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Glamorganshire |
Major settlements | Llandaff, Barry |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | South Glamorganshire |
Replaced by | Barry and Cardiff West |
Llandaff and Barry was a county constituency centred on the towns of Llandaff and Barry in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election.
Boundaries
The Urban District of Barry, and the Rural District of Llandaff and Dinas Powis.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Sir William Cope | Conservative | |
1929 | Charles Lloyd | Labour | |
1931 | Patrick Munro | Conservative | |
1942 by-election | Cyril Lakin | Conservative | |
1945 | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | William Cope | 13,307 | 62.0 | |
Labour | Russell Lowell Jones | 6,607 | 30.8 | ||
Independent | Charles Frederick Gilborne Sixsmith | 1,539 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | 6,700 | 31.2 | |||
Turnout | 21,453 | 63.0 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Cope | 13,129 | 44.1 | -17.9 | |
Labour | James Lovat-Fraser | 9,031 | 30.4 | -0.4 | |
Liberal | John Claxton Meggitt | 7,577 | 25.5 | New | |
Majority | 4,098 | 13.7 | -17.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,737 | 76.8 | +13.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Cope | 11,050 | 37.9 | -6.2 | |
Liberal | Elfyn Williams David | 10,213 | 35.1 | +9.6 | |
Labour | Thomas F. Worrall | 7,871 | 27.0 | -3.4 | |
Majority | 837 | 2.8 | -10.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,134 | 72.1 | -4.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -7.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | William Cope | 15,801 | 46.8 | +8.9 | |
Labour | Charles Lloyd | 11,609 | 34.3 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | Elfyn Williams David | 6,389 | 18.9 | -16.2 | |
Majority | 4,192 | 12.5 | +9.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,799 | 80.2 | +8.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Lloyd | 21,468 | 40.8 | +6.5 | |
Unionist | William Cope | 18,799 | 35.7 | -11.1 | |
Liberal | Ewan Davies | 12,352 | 23.5 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 2,669 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 52,619 | 82.5 | +2.3 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Munro | 33,590 | 60.7 | +25.0 | |
Labour | Charles Lloyd | 21,767 | 39.3 | +15.8 | |
Majority | 11,823 | 21.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,357 | 81.8 | -0.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Patrick Munro | 29,099 | 51.2 | -9.5 | |
Labour | Charles Lloyd | 27,677 | 48.7 | +9.4 | |
Majority | 1,422 | 2.5 | -18.9 | ||
Turnout | 56,776 | 77.0 | -4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General Election 1939–40
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Patrick Munro
- Labour: Lynn Ungoed-Thomas[8]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Cyril Lakin | 19,408 | 56.9 | +5.7 | |
Independent Socialist | Kim Mackay | 13,753 | 40.3 | New | |
Independent Welsh Nationalist | Rolle Malcolm Ritson Paton | 975 | 2.9 | New | |
Majority | 5,655 | 16.6 | +14.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,136 | 41.5 | -35.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 33,706 | 47.5 | -1.2 | |
Conservative | Cyril Lakin | 27,108 | 38.2 | -13.0 | |
Liberal | Morgan Edward Bransby-Williams | 10,132 | 14.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,598 | 9.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 70,946 | 73.8 | -3.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
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