Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)

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Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)
Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)
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Location of the constituency within Wales
Preserved county Gwent
Electorate 72,458 (March 2020) [1]
Major settlements Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach, Pontllanfraith, Hengoed, Nelson
Current constituency
Created 1918
Member of Parliament Chris Evans (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created from East Glamorganshire
Overlaps
Senedd Caerphilly, South Wales East

Caerphilly (Welsh : Caerffili) is a constituency [n 1] centred on the town of Caerphilly in South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Evans of the Labour Party. [n 2]

Contents

Since its creation, the constituency has always elected Labour MPs, although the predecessor constituency of East Glamorganshire, and prior to that Glamorganshire had elected Liberal MPs throughout the Victorian era.

Boundaries

Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010–2024

The Caerphilly constituency covers roughly the southern and eastern half of Caerphilly district, the part of the district historically located in Glamorgan. In the northwestern portion of the constituency are communities such as Hengoed and Ystrad Mynach, extending in a southeasterly direction through Caerphilly and Llanbradach to the rural outcrops bordering Cardiff.

2010–2024: The Caerphilly County Borough wards of Aber Valley, Aberbargoed and Bargoed, Bedwas and Trethomas, Gilfach, Hengoed, Llanbradach, Machen and Rudry, Morgan Jones, Nelson, Penyrheol, St Cattwg, St Martins, Van, and Ystrad Mynach.

2024–present: At the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 general election, the constituency retained its name but its boundaries altered. Four wards were taken from the abolished Islwyn constituency. [2] The constituency was defined as being composed of the following wards of the County Borough of Caerphilly, as they existed on 1 December 2020: [3]

Following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022, [4] the constituency now comprises the following wards of the County Borough of Caerphilly from the 2024 general election: [5]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [6] Party
1918 Alfred Onions Labour
1921 Morgan Jones Labour
1939 Ness Edwards Labour
1968 Fred Evans Labour
1979 Ednyfed Hudson Davies Labour
1981 SDP
1983 Ron Davies Labour
2001 Wayne David Labour
2024 Chris Evans Labour

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Caerphilly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Onions 11,496 54.8 N/A
Liberal William Rees Edmunds9,48245.2N/A
Majority2,0149.6N/A
Turnout 20,97864.0N/A
Registered electors 32,790
Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

1921 Caerphilly by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morgan Jones 13,699 54.2 −0.6
Liberal William Rees Edmunds8,95835.5−9.7
Communist Bob Stewart 2,59210.3N/A
Majority4,74118.7+9.1
Turnout 25,24973.2+9.2
Registered electors 34,511
Labour hold Swing +4.5
General election 1922: Caerphilly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morgan Jones 16,082 57.2 +2.4
Unionist Alan McLean 12,05742.8N/A
Majority4,02514.4+4.8
Turnout 28,13978.6+5.4
Registered electors 35,795
Labour hold Swing
General election 1923: Caerphilly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morgan Jones 16,535 58.7 +1.5
Unionist Gwilym Rowlands 6,49323.0−19.8
Liberal Samuel Roberts Jenkins5,15218.3N/A
Majority10,04235.7+21.3
Turnout 28,18077.0−1.6
Registered electors 36,592
Labour hold Swing +10.6
General election 1924: Caerphilly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morgan Jones 17,723 59.0 +0.3
Unionist Gwilym Rowlands 12,29341.0+18.0
Majority5,43018.0−17.7
Turnout 29,99679.3+2.3
Registered electors 37,868
Labour hold Swing -8.8
General election 1929: Caerphilly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morgan Jones 21,248 57.9 −1.1
Liberal Alice Grace Roberts8,19022.4N/A
Unionist Owen Temple-Morris 6,35717.4−23.6
Communist J R Wilson8292.3N/A
Majority13,05835.5+17.5
Turnout 36,62481.1+1.8
Registered electors 45,173
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Caerphilly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morgan Jones 23,061 67.6 +9.7
Conservative Catherine Bowen-Davies11,04432.4+15.0
Majority12,01735.2−0.3
Turnout 34,10576.6−4.5
Registered electors 44,509
Labour hold Swing
General election 1935: Caerphilly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morgan Jones 24,846 76.2 +8.6
Conservative Nesta Jessie Stoneham7,73823.8−8.6
Majority17,10852.6+17.4
Turnout 32,58472.3−4.3
Registered electors 45,057
Labour hold Swing
1939 Caerphilly by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ness Edwards 19,847 68.0 −8.2
Conservative Ronald Bell 9,34932.0+8.2
Majority10,49836.0−16.6
Turnout 29,19668.4−3.9
Registered electors 42,678
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Caerphilly [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ness Edwards 29,158 80.2 +4.0
Conservative John Frederick Manuel de Courcy7,18919.8−4.0
Majority21,96960.4+7.8
Turnout 36,34777.2+4.9
Registered electors 47,078
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Caerphilly [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ness Edwards 30,270 77.5 −2.7
Conservative K J Lloyd8,77122.5+2.7
Majority21,49955.0−5.4
Turnout 39,04184.3+7.1
Registered electors 46,321
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Caerphilly [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ness Edwards 30,523 77.1 −0.4
Conservative Kenneth Gordon Knee9,04122.9+0.4
Majority21,48254.2−0.8
Turnout 39,56484.4+0.1
Registered electors 46,893
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Caerphilly [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ness Edwards 27,852 75.2 −1.9
Conservative John H. Davies9,18024.8+1.9
Majority18,67250.4−3.8
Turnout 37,03278.6−5.8
Registered electors 47,131
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Caerphilly [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ness Edwards 28,154 72.7 −2.5
Conservative W Russell Lewis7,18118.5−6.3
Plaid Cymru John D. A. Howell3,4208.8N/A
Majority20,97354.2+3.8
Turnout 38,73583.0+4.4
Registered electors 46,671
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Caerphilly [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ness Edwards 26,001 72.1 −0.6
Conservative Ronald J Maddocks6,08616.9−1.6
Plaid Cymru Phil Williams 3,95611.0+2.2
Majority19,91555.2+1.0
Turnout 36,04378.4−4.6
Registered electors 45,969
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Caerphilly [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ness Edwards 26,330 74.3 +2.2
Conservative Ronald J. Maddocks5,18214.6−2.3
Plaid Cymru John D. A. Howell3,94911.1+0.1
Majority21,14859.7+4.5
Turnout 35,46176.8−1.6
Registered electors 46,180
Labour hold Swing
1968 Caerphilly by-election [9] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Evans 16,148 45.7 −28.6
Plaid Cymru Phil Williams 14,27440.4+29.3
Conservative Robert Williams3,68710.4−4.2
Liberal Peter Sadler1,2573.5N/A
Majority1,8745.3−54.4
Turnout 35,36675.9−0.9
Registered electors 46,578
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Caerphilly [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Evans 24,972 61.8 −12.5
Plaid Cymru Phil Williams 11,50528.5+17.4
Conservative Peter Price 3,9179.7−4.9
Majority13,46733.3−26.4
Turnout 40,39478.1+1.3
Registered electors 51,741
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Caerphilly [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Evans 24,838 57.2 −4.6
Plaid Cymru Phil Williams 11,95627.5−1.0
Conservative Roger Everest 5,91213.6+3.9
Independent D H Bevan7111.6N/A
Majority12,88229.7−3.6
Turnout 40,39477.5−0.6
Registered electors 56,013
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Caerphilly [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alfred Evans 24,161 56.6 −0.6
Plaid Cymru Phil Williams 10,45224.5−3.0
Conservative Den Dover 4,89711.5−2.1
Liberal N H Lewis3,1847.4N/A
Majority13,70932.1+2.4
Turnout 42,69475.6−1.9
Registered electors 56,462
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Caerphilly [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ednyfed Davies 27,280 58.8 +2.2
Conservative John Ranelagh 8,78318.9+7.4
Plaid Cymru Phil Williams 6,93115.0−9.5
Liberal N Jones3,4307.3−0.1
Majority18,49739.9+7.8
Turnout 46,42478.8+3.2
Registered electors 58,908
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Caerphilly [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ron Davies 21,570 45.6 −13.2
Liberal Anthony Lambert10,01721.2+13.9
Conservative Charles Welby9,29519.6+0.7
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,41413.6−1.4
Majority11,55324.4−15.5
Turnout 47,29674.5−4.3
Registered electors 63,479
Labour hold Swing
General election 1987: Caerphilly [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ron Davies 28,698 58.4 +12.8
Conservative Michael Powell9,53119.4−0.2
Liberal Michael Butlin6,92314.1−7.1
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 3,9558.1−5.5
Majority19,16739.0+14.6
Turnout 49,10776.6+2.1
Registered electors 64,154
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Caerphilly [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ron Davies 31,713 63.7 +5.3
Conservative Howard L. Philpott9,04118.1−1.3
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 4,8219.7+1.6
Liberal Democrats Stan W. Wilson4,2478.5−5.6
Majority22,67245.6+6.6
Turnout 49,82277.2+0.6
Registered electors 64,529
Labour hold Swing +3.2
General election 1997: Caerphilly [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ron Davies 30,697 67.3 +3.6
Conservative Rhodri Harris4,85810.7−7.4
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 4,3839.7±0.0
Liberal Democrats Tony D. Ferguson3,7248.2−0.3
Referendum Mark E. Morgan1,3373.0N/A
ProLife Alliance Catherine Williams2700.6N/A
Majority25,83956.6+11.0
Turnout 45,26970.1−7.1
Registered electors 64,621
Labour hold Swing +5.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Caerphilly [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne David 22,597 58.2 −9.1
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 8,17221.0+11.3
Conservative David Simmonds 4,41511.4+0.7
Liberal Democrats Rob Roffe3,6499.4+1.2
Majority14,42537.2−18.4
Turnout 38,83357.7−12.4
Registered electors 67,300
Labour hold Swing -10.5
General election 2005: Caerphilly [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne David 22,190 56.6 −1.6
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,83117.4−3.6
Conservative Stephen Watson5,71114.6+3.2
Liberal Democrats Ashgar Ali3,8619.8+0.4
Forward Wales Rachel Ball6361.6N/A
Majority15,35939.2+2.0
Turnout 39,22958.6+0.9
Registered electors 66,162
Labour hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Caerphilly [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne David 17,377 44.9 −10.5
Conservative Maria Caulfield 6,62217.1+2.4
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,46016.7−1.4
Liberal Democrats Kay David5,68814.7+4.7
BNP Laurence Reid1,6354.2N/A
UKIP Tony Jenkins9102.4N/A
Majority10,75527.8−11.4
Turnout 38,69262.3+3.7
Registered electors 62,122
Labour hold Swing −6.5
General election 2015: Caerphilly [25] [26] [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne David [28] 17,864 44.3 −0.6
UKIP Sam Gould [29] 7,79119.3+16.9
Conservative Leo Docherty [28] 6,68316.6−0.5
Plaid Cymru Beci Newton [28] 5,89514.6−2.1
Green Katy Beddoe [30] 9372.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Aladdin Ayesh9352.3−12.4
TUSC Rachel Ball1780.4N/A
Rejected ballots81
Majority10,07325.0−2.8
Turnout 40,28363.3+1.0
Registered electors 63,603
Labour hold Swing −8.7

Of the 81 rejected ballots:

General election 2017: Caerphilly [31] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne David 22,491 54.5 +10.2
Conservative Jane Pratt10,41325.2+8.6
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 5,96214.4−0.2
UKIP Liz Wilks1,2593.0−16.3
Liberal Democrats Kay David7251.8−0.5
Green Andrew Creak4471.1−1.2
Majority12,07829.3+4.3
Turnout 41,29764.1+0.8
Registered electors 64,381
Labour hold Swing +0.7
General election 2019: Caerphilly [33] [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wayne David 18,018 44.9 −9.6
Conservative Jane Pratt11,18527.9+2.7
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 6,42416.0+1.6
Brexit Party Nathan Gill 4,49011.2N/A
Rejected ballots160
Majority6,83317.0−12.3
Turnout 40,11765.3−2.8
Registered electors 63,166
Labour hold Swing −6.1

Of the 160 rejected ballots:

2019 notional result [35]
PartyVote %
Labour 19,76343.9
Conservative 12,88228.6
Plaid Cymru 6,63014.7
Brexit Party 5,28711.7
Liberal Democrats 3230.7
Green Party 1640.4
Majority6,90115.3
Turnout45,06962.2
Electorate72,458


Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Caerphilly [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Chris Evans 14,538 38.0 −5.9
Plaid Cymru Lindsay Whittle 8,11921.2+6.5
Reform UK Joshua Seungkyun Kim7,75420.3+8.6
Conservative Brandon Gorman4,38511.5−17.1
Liberal Democrats Steve Aicheler1,7884.7+4.0
Green Mark Thomas1,6504.3+3.9
Majority6,41916.8
Turnout 38,23452.7−9.6
Registered electors 72,643
Labour hold Swing −6.2

Of the 156 rejected ballots:

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ Mrs Justice Jefford; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF). The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 250. ISBN   978-1-5286-3901-9 . Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  2. ↑ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies – The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 4 (Wales).
  4. ↑ "The County Borough of Caerphilly (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021".
  5. ↑ "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN   0-900178-019. Page 557
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  33. ↑ "Caerphilly parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News . Retrieved 16 December 2019.
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  35. ↑ "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 28 January 2024.
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