East Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Denbighshire
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Denbighshire
Replaced by	Denbigh and Wrexham

East Denbighshire, formally called the Eastern Division of Denbighshire, was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the two-member Denbighshire constituency was divided into Eastern and Western divisions. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir George Osborne Morgan, Bt	Liberal
	1897 by-election	Samuel Moss	Liberal
	1906 by-election	Edward Hemmerde	Liberal
	Dec. 1910	Edward John	Liberal
	1918	constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

George Morgan

General election 1885: East Denbighshire ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Osborne Morgan	3,831	52.7
	Conservative	Herbert Williams-Wynn	3,438	47.3
Majority			393	5.4
Turnout			7,269	87.6
Registered electors			8,297
	Liberal win (new seat)

General election 1886: East Denbighshire ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Osborne Morgan	3,536	50.2	−2.5
	Conservative	Herbert Williams-Wynn	3,510	49.8	+2.5
Majority			26	0.4	−5.0
Turnout			7,046	84.9	−2.7
Registered electors			8,297
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.5

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: East Denbighshire ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Osborne Morgan	4,189	55.0	+4.8
	Conservative	Herbert Williams-Wynn	3,423	45.0	−4.8
Majority			766	10.0	+9.6
Turnout			7,612	76.6	−8.3
Registered electors			9,941
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.8

Sir G.O. Morgan

General election 1895: East Denbighshire ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Osborne Morgan	4,899	61.1	+6.1
	Conservative	Henry St John Digby Raikes	3,115	38.9	−6.1
Majority			1,784	22.2	+12.2
Turnout			8,014	83.5	+6.9
Registered electors			9,592
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.1

Morgan's death causes a by-election.

1897 East Denbighshire by-election ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Moss	5,175	64.5	+3.4
	Conservative	George Thomas Kenyon	2,848	35.5	−3.4
Majority			2,327	29.0	+6.8
Turnout			8,023	84.4	+0.9
Registered electors			9,501
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1900s

Samuel Moss

General election 1900: East Denbighshire ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Moss	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1906: East Denbighshire ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Moss	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

E.G. Hemmerde

1906 East Denbighshire by-election ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Hemmerde	5,917	65.4	N/A
	Conservative	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	3,126	34.6	New
Majority			2,791	30.8	N/A
Turnout			9,043	80.9	N/A
Registered electors			11,172
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1909 East Denbighshire by-election ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Hemmerde	6,265	63.9	−1.5
	Liberal Unionist	Foster Cunliffe	3,544	36.1	+1.5
Majority			2,721	27.8	−3.0
Turnout			9,809	84.1	+3.2
Registered electors			11,670
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: East Denbighshire ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Hemmerde	6,865	67.4	N/A
	Conservative	David Rhys	3,321	32.6	N/A
Majority			3,544	34.8	N/A
Turnout			10,186	85.5	N/A
Registered electors			11,911
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

John

General election December 1910: East Denbighshire ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward John	6,449	66.9	−0.5
	Conservative	Alfred Hood	3,186	33.1	+0.5
Majority			3,263	33.8	−1.0
Turnout			9,635	80.9	−4.6
Registered electors			11,911
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Edward John
• Unionist: J. Downes Powell ^[12]

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
2. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
3. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
4. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
5. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
6. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
7. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
8. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
9. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
10. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
11. British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
12. Liverpool Echo 6 July 1914

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)