University of Wales | |
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Former university constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 |
University of Wales was a university constituency electing one member to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1918 to 1950. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected under the first-past-the-post voting system.
This university constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. It was abolished in 1950 by the Representation of the People Act 1948.
The constituency was not a physical area. Its electorate consisted of the graduates of the University of Wales.
Unlike many other university constituencies, University of Wales never elected a Conservative MP, instead regularly electing Liberal MPs.
The constituency returned one Member of Parliament.
Election | Member [1] | Party | Notes | |
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1918 | Rt Hon. Herbert Lewis | Coalition Liberal | ||
1922 | Thomas Arthur Lewis | National Liberal | died 18 July 1923 | |
1923 | George Maitland Lloyd Davies | Christian Pacifist | Joined the Labour Party in February 1924 | |
1924 | Labour | |||
1924 | Ernest Evans | Liberal | appointed County Court Judge in 1943 | |
1943 by-election | William John Gruffydd | Liberal | ||
1950 | University constituencies abolished |
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system. In university seats, in this period, the polls were open for five days and voting did not take place on the polling day for the territorial constituencies.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Herbert Lewis | 739 | 80.8 | |
Labour | Millicent Mackenzie | 176 | 19.2 | ||
Majority | 563 | 61.6 | |||
Turnout | 915 | 85.8 | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Liberal | Thomas Arthur Lewis | 487 | 39.5 | –41.3 | |
Liberal | Ellis Ellis-Griffith | 451 | 35.9 | −44.9 | |
Labour | Olive Wheeler | 309 | 24.8 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 46 | 3.6 | −58.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,247 | 87.2 | +1.4 | ||
National Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Pacifist | George Maitland Lloyd Davies | 570 | 35.7 | New | |
Liberal | Joseph Jones | 560 | 35.1 | −0.8 | |
Independent Liberal | John Edwards | 467 | 29.2 | New | |
Majority | 10 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1.597 | 83.1 | −4.1 | ||
Christian Pacifist gain from Liberal |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Evans | 1,057 | 59.4 | +24.3 | |
Labour | George Maitland Lloyd Davies | 721 | 40.6 | New | |
Majority | 336 | 18.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,778 | ||||
Liberal gain from Christian Pacifist | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Evans | 1,712 | 63.5 | +4.1 | |
Labour | David W. Richards | 671 | 24.9 | New | |
Unionist | Courtenay Mansel | 314 | 11.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,041 | 38.6 | +20.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,697 | 74.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Evans | 2,229 | 75.4 | +11.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Saunders Lewis | 914 | 24.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,315 | 50.8 | +12.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,143 | 61.4 | −13.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Evans | 2,796 | 61.3 | −9.6 | |
Labour | Ithel Davies | 1,768 | 38.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,028 | 22.6 | −19.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,564 | 62.3 | +0.9 | ||
Liberal 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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William John Gruffydd | 3,098 | 52.3 | −9.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Saunders Lewis | 1,330 | 22.5 | New | |
Independent | Alun Talfan Davies | 755 | 12.8 | New | |
Independent Labour | Evan Davies | 634 | 10.7 | New | |
Independent Labour | Neville Lawrence Evans | 101 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,768 | 29.8 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,918 | 53.4 | −8.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William John Gruffydd | 5,239 | 75.5 | +23.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gwenan Jones | 1,696 | 24.5 | +2.0 | |
Majority | 3,543 | 51.0 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,935 | 58.5 | +5.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
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