Cardiff South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Cardiff South
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created from Cardiff
Replaced by Cardiff South East and Cardiff West

Cardiff South was a borough constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. Its final MP was Labour's James Callaghan, elected in 1945 at the age of 33, who would go on to serve the party until 1987, including a spell as prime minister from 1976 to 1979 after several roles in the governments of Harold Wilson.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Grangetown, and South, and the Urban District of Penarth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 James Cory Unionist
1923 Arthur Henderson Jr. Labour
1924 Arthur Evans Unionist
1929 Arthur Henderson Jr. Labour
1931 Arthur Evans Conservative
1945 James Callaghan Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Cardiff South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist James Herbert Cory 7,922 48.5
Labour Joshua Thomas Clatworthy4,30326.3
Liberal Edward Curran4,12625.2
Majority3,61922.2
Turnout 16,35157.8
Unionist win (new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

Bernard Freyberg 1919 Bernard Freyberg.jpg
Bernard Freyberg
General election 1922: Cardiff South [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Sir James Herbert Cory 7,929 36.4 −12.1
Liberal Bernard Cyril Freyberg 6,99632.2+7.0
Labour David Graham Pole 6,83131.9+5.6
Majority9334.2−18.0
Turnout 21,75674.9+17.1
Unionist hold Swing -9.5
General election 1923: Cardiff South [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 7,899 37.9 +6.0
Unionist Sir James Herbert Cory 7,47335.8−0.6
Liberal Walter Thomas Layton 5,47426.3−5.9
Majority4262.1N/A
Turnout 20,84670.6−4.3
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +3.3
General election 1924: Cardiff South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Henry Arthur Evans 11,542 49.8 +14.0
Labour Arthur Henderson 9,32440.3+2.4
Liberal David Evans George Davies 2,2879.9−16.4
Majority2,2189.5N/A
Turnout 23,25378.8+8.2
Unionist gain from Labour Swing +5.8
General election 1929: Cardiff South [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 13,686 45.3 +5.0
Unionist E T Nethercoat10,03033.1−16.7
Liberal C J Cole6,55021.6+11.7
Majority3,65612.2N/A
Turnout 30,26679.4+0.6
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +11.1

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Cardiff South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Arthur Evans 17,976 59.8 +26.7
Labour Arthur Henderson 12,09240.2−5.1
Majority5,88419.6N/A
Turnout 30,06877.8−1.6
Registered electors 38,659
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Cardiff South [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Arthur Evans 14,925 50.9 −8.9
Labour Harry Louis Nathan 14,38449.1+8.9
Majority5411.8−17.8
Turnout 29,30975.8−2.0
Registered electors 38,461
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;

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Cardiff South [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Callaghan 17,489 60.2 +11.1
Conservative Arthur Evans 11,54539.8−11.1
Majority5,94420.4N/A
Turnout 29,03473.9−1.9
Registered electors 39,220
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
  8. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference, 1939
  9. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
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