East Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Denbighshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of membersone
Replaced by Denbigh and Wrexham
Created from Denbighshire

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.

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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

ElectionMemberParty
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 George Osborne Morgan1.jpg
George Morgan
General election 1885: East Denbighshire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Osborne Morgan 3,831 52.7
Conservative Herbert Williams-Wynn 3,43847.3
Majority3935.4
Turnout 7,26987.6
Registered electors 8,297
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: East Denbighshire [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Osborne Morgan 3,536 50.2 −2.5
Conservative Herbert Williams-Wynn 3,51049.8+2.5
Majority260.4−5.0
Turnout 7,04684.9−2.7
Registered electors 8,297
Liberal hold Swing −2.5

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: East Denbighshire [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Osborne Morgan 4,189 55.0 +4.8
Conservative Herbert Williams-Wynn 3,42345.0−4.8
Majority76610.0+9.6
Turnout 7,61276.6−8.3
Registered electors 9,941
Liberal hold Swing +4.8
Sir G.O. Morgan Sir George Osborne Morgan.jpg
Sir G.O. Morgan
General election 1895: East Denbighshire [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Osborne Morgan 4,899 61.1 +6.1
Conservative Henry St John Digby Raikes3,11538.9−6.1
Majority1,78422.2+12.2
Turnout 8,01483.5+6.9
Registered electors 9,592
Liberal hold Swing +6.1

Morgan's death causes a by-election.

1897 East Denbighshire by-election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Moss 5,175 64.5 +3.4
Conservative George Thomas Kenyon 2,84835.5−3.4
Majority2,32729.0+6.8
Turnout 8,02384.4+0.9
Registered electors 9,501
Liberal hold Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1900s

Samuel Moss Samuel Moss MP.jpg
Samuel Moss
General election 1900: East Denbighshire [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Moss Unopposed
Liberal hold
General election 1906: East Denbighshire [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Samuel Moss Unopposed
Liberal hold
E.G. Hemmerde Edward Hemmerde.jpg
E.G. Hemmerde
1906 East Denbighshire by-election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Hemmerde 5,917 65.4 N/A
Conservative Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 3,12634.6New
Majority2,79130.8N/A
Turnout 9,04380.9N/A
Registered electors 11,172
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1909 East Denbighshire by-election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Hemmerde 6,265 63.9 -1.5
Liberal Unionist Foster Cunliffe 3,54436.1N/A
Majority2,72127.8-3.0
Turnout 9,80984.1+3.2
Registered electors 11,670
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: East Denbighshire [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward Hemmerde 6,865 67.4 N/A
Conservative David Rhys3,32132.6N/A
Majority3,54434.8N/A
Turnout 10,18685.5N/A
Registered electors 11,911
Liberal hold Swing N/A
John Edward John.jpg
John
General election December 1910: East Denbighshire [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Edward John 6,449 66.9 -0.5
Conservative Alfred Hood3,18633.1+0.5
Majority3,26333.8-1.0
Turnout 9,63580.9-4.6
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;

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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
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