Llandaff and Barry (UK Parliament constituency)

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Llandaff and Barry
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Preserved county Glamorganshire
Major settlements Llandaff, Barry
1918–1950
SeatsOne
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.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election. Initial proposals were to call the division "Llandaff" but there was opposition from local representatives of Barry and Glamorgan. [1] The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Barry, and the Rural District of Llandaff and Dinas Powis.. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
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

General election 1918: Llandaff and Barry [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist William Cope 13,30762.0
Labour Russell Lowell Jones6,60730.8
Independent Charles Frederick Gilborne Sixsmith1,5397.2
Majority6,70031.2
Turnout 21,45363.0
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Llandaff and Barry [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Cope 13,129 44.1 -17.9
Labour James Lovat-Fraser 9,03130.4-0.4
Liberal John Claxton Meggitt7,57725.5New
Majority4,09813.7-17.5
Turnout 29,73776.8+13.8
Unionist hold Swing -8.7
General election 1923: Llandaff and Barry [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Cope 11,050 37.9 -6.2
Liberal Elfyn Williams David10,21335.1+9.6
Labour Thomas F. Worrall 7,87127.0-3.4
Majority8372.8-10.9
Turnout 29,13472.1-4.7
Unionist hold Swing -7.9
General election 1924: Llandaff and Barry [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William Cope 15,801 46.8 +8.9
Labour Charles Lloyd 11,60934.3+7.3
Liberal Elfyn Williams David6,38918.9-16.2
Majority4,19212.5+9.7
Turnout 33,79980.2+8.1
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1929: Llandaff and Barry [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Lloyd 21,468 40.8 +6.5
Unionist William Cope 18,79935.7-11.1
Liberal Ewan Davies 12,35223.5+4.6
Majority2,6695.1N/A
Turnout 52,61982.5+2.3
Labour gain from Unionist Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Llandaff and Barry [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Munro 33,590 60.7 +25.0
Labour Charles Lloyd 21,76739.3+15.8
Majority11,82321.4N/A
Turnout 55,35781.8-0.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Llandaff and Barry [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Patrick Munro 29,099 51.2 -9.5
Labour Charles Lloyd 27,67748.7+9.4
Majority1,4222.5-18.9
Turnout 56,77677.0-4.8
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;

Elections in the 1940s

1942 Llandaff and Barry by-election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Cyril Lakin 19,408 56.9 +5.7
Independent Socialist Kim Mackay 13,75340.3New
Independent Welsh NationalistRolle Malcolm Ritson Paton9752.9New
Majority5,65516.6+14.1
Turnout 34,13641.5-35.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1945: Llandaff and Barry [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 33,706 47.5 -1.2
Conservative Cyril Lakin 27,10838.2-13.0
Liberal Morgan Edward Bransby-Williams10,13214.3New
Majority6,5989.3N/A
Turnout 70,94673.8-3.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "Redistribution of South Glamorgan - Local Government Inquiry Held At Cardiff - Our New Division to be called Barry or Barry-Llandaff". Barry Dock News. 20 July 1917. p. 5.
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  3. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  4. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  5. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  6. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  7. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  9. ↑ Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939
  10. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
  11. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
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