Wales constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election

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Results of the election by constituency

This is a complete alphabetical list of election results from constituencies in Wales to the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1929 general election, held on 30 May 1929.

Contents

Wales

Aberavon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Cove 22,19455.9+2.8
Liberal William Henry Williams13,15533.2−13.7
Unionist Francis Bertram Reece 4,33010.9n/a
Majority 9,03922.7+16.5
Turnout 87.0−2.6
Labour hold Swing +8.2
Aberdare [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Hall 29,55064.6
Liberal Evan Joshua Roderick10,59423.2
Unionist Hugh Molson 5,57312.2
Majority 18,95641.4
Turnout 84.5
Labour hold Swing
Abertillery [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Daggar 20,17564.5n/a
Liberal Walter Reynolds Meredith8,42526.9n/a
Unionist Peter John Feilding Chapman-Walker2,6978.6n/a
Majority 11,75037.6n/a
Turnout 82.4n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Anglesey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Megan Lloyd George 13,18149.4−14.5
Labour William Edwards7,56328.4−7.7
Unionist Albert Hughes5,91722.2n/a
Majority 5,61821.0−6.8
Turnout 79.8
Liberal hold Swing -3.4
Bedwellty
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards 26,02178.95N/A
Unionist Hubert Geoffrey Griffith6,93621.05N/A
Majority 19,08557.9N/A
Turnout 32,95774.86N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Brecon and Radnor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Freeman 14,51133.7+3.2
Unionist Walter Hall 14,32433.3−5.1
Liberal Elias Wynne Cemlyn-Jones 14,18233.0+1.9
Majority 1870.4n/a
Turnout 87.7+4.1
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.2
Cardiff Central [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ernest Bennett 14,46939.1+5.3
Unionist Lewis Lougher 12,90334.9−14.8
Liberal Barnett Janner 9,62326.0++9.5
Majority 1,5664.220.1
Turnout 78.2+1.4
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +10.0
Cardiff East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Ewart Edmunds 12,81339.0+6.2
Liberal John Emlyn-Jones 10,50031.9+5.0
Unionist Clement Kinloch-Cooke 9,56329.1−11.1
Majority 2,3137.114.6
Turnout 82.1−0.2
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +0.6
Caerphilly [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Morgan Jones 21,24857.9−1.1
Liberal Alice Grace Roberts8,19022.4n/a
Unionist Owen Temple-Morris 6,35717.4−23.6
Communist J R Wilson8292.3
Majority 13,05835.5
Turnout 81.1+1.8
Labour hold Swing n/a
Cardiff South [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 13,68645.3+5.2
Unionist Ernest Thomas Nethercoat10,03033.1−17.0
Liberal Charles James Cole6,55021.6+11.8
Majority 3,65612.222.2
Turnout 79.4+0.6
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +11.1
Cardiganshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rhys Hopkin Morris 17,12760.6n/a
Unionist Edward Crawford Lloyd Fitzwilliams 11,15839.4n/a
Majority 5,96921.1n/a
Turnout 28,28573.1n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a
Carmarthen
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Hopkin 15,13038.2+6.7
Liberal William Nathaniel Jones 14,47736.6−31.9
Unionist John Coventry 9,96125.2n/a
Majority 6531.6−38.6
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +19.3
Caernarvon Boroughs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 16,64758.0−24.4
Unionist John Bowen Davies 7,51426.2n/a
Labour Thomas Ap Rhys4,53615.8−1.7
Majority 9,13331.8−33.2
Turnout 28,69781.8+4.8
Liberal hold Swing n/a
Caernarvonshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 18,50747.9−2.9
Labour Robert Jones 14,86738.5−10.7
Unionist David Fowden Jones4,66912.1n/a
Plaid Cymru Lewis Valentine 6091.6n/a
Majority 3,6409.4+7.8
Turnout 38,652
Liberal hold Swing +3.9
Denbigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Morris-Jones 21,30561.9+8.9
Unionist Alan Graham 13,11638.1−8.9
Majority 8,18923.8+17.8
Turnout 79.70.0
Liberal hold Swing +8.9
Ebbw Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aneurin Bevan 20,08860.3n/a
Liberal William Griffiths8,92426.8n/a
Unionist Mark Brace4,28712.9n/a
Majority 11,16433.5n/a
Turnout 33,29985.9n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Flintshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frederick Llewellyn-Jones 24,01243.0+8.5
Unionist Ernest Roberts 19,53635.0−11.4
Labour Cyril Oswald Jones12,31022.0+2.9
Majority 4,4768.019.9
Turnout 81.3+1.1
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +10.0
Gower [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Rhys Grenfell 20,66454.0
Liberal Frederick William Davies11,05528.9n/a
Unionist Alan Lennox-Boyd 6,55417.1
Majority 9,60925.1
Turnout 79.6
Labour hold Swing
Llandaff and Barry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Lloyd 21,46840.8
Unionist William Cope 18,79935.7
Liberal Ewan Davies 12,35223.5
Majority 2,6695.1
Turnout 82.5
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
Llanelly [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Henry Williams 28,59555.4+2.5
Liberal Richard Thomas Evans 19,07536.9−10.2
Unionist James Purdon Lewes Thomas3,9697.7n/a
Majority 9,52018.5+12.7
Turnout 79.1+3.4
Labour hold Swing +6.3
Merioneth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Henry Haydn Jones 11,86548.3+0.5
Labour John Jones Roberts7,98032.5−0.6
Unionist Charles Phibbs 4,73119.3+0.2
Majority 3,88515.8+1.1
Turnout 24,57685.2+1.3
Liberal hold Swing +0.6
Merthyr [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour R. C. Wallhead 22,70159.6−0.2
Liberal James Jenkins8,69622.8n/a
Unionist Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt 6,71217.6−21.6
Majority 14,00536.8+17.2
Turnout 85.8−1.1
Labour hold Swing n/a
Monmouth [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Leolin Forestier-Walker 16,35349.3
Liberal Richard Charles Williams8,58225.8n/a
Labour Luke Henry Bateman8,26824.9
Majority 7,77123.5−20.1
Turnout 78.9
Unionist hold Swing n/a
Montgomeryshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Clement Davies 12,77946.5−30.8
Unionist John Murray Naylor10,65138.7n/a
Labour John Evans4,06914.8−7.9
Majority 2,1287.8−22.9
Turnout 88.3+8.9
Liberal hold Swing -11.4
Neath< [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Jenkins 29,45560.2n/a
Liberal Jack Jones 14,55429.8n/a
Unionist David J. Evans4,89210.0n/a
Majority 14,90130.4n/a
Turnout 82.1n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Walker 18,65339.5−7.7
Unionist Reginald Clarry 15,84133.5−19.3
Liberal Samuel Immanuel Cohen12,73527.0N/A
Majority 2,8126.0+0.4
Turnout 83.8−1.9
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +5.8
Ogmore [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vernon Hartshorn 22,90056.7n/a
Liberal Dapho Llewellyn Powell11,80429.2n/a
Unionist H. Abbott4,16410.3n/a
Communist J. R. Campbell 1,5253.8n/a
Majority 11,09627.5n/a
Turnout 82.8n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Pembrokeshire [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gwilym Lloyd George 19,05041.8+5.6
Unionist Charles Price 14,23531.3−9.1
Labour William James Jenkins12,23526.9+3.5
Majority 4,81510.614.8
Turnout 45,520
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +7.4
Pontypool [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 17,80551.5
Liberal Geoffrey Crawshay 12,58136.4n/a
Unionist Gwilym Rowlands 4,18812.1
Majority 5,22415.1
Turnout 34,574
Labour hold Swing
Pontypridd [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones 20,83553.12−2.8
Liberal John Victor Evans14,42136.8n/a
Unionist May Gordon Williams3,96710.1−34.0
Majority 6,41416.4+4.5
Turnout 39,22382.0+2.3
Labour hold Swing n/a
Rhondda East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Watts Morgan 19,01050.2n/a
Liberal Richard David Chalke10,26927.0n/a
Communist Arthur Horner 5,78915.2n/a
Unionist John Francis Powell2,9017.6n/a
Majority 8,74123.2n/a
Turnout 84.7n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Rhondda West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William John 23,23865.1n/a
Liberal Moelwyn Hughes 9,24725.9n/a
Unionist Wilfred Augustus Prichard3,2109.0n/a
Majority 13,99139.2n/a
Turnout 35,69586.7n/a
Labour hold Swing
Swansea East [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Williams 16,66556.5+1.9
Liberal Arthur Hopkins9,82533.3−12.1
Unionist P.P. Jones3,00310.2n/a
Majority 6,84023.2+14.0
Turnout 81.9+1.2
Labour hold Swing +7.0
Swansea West [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Howel Samuel 13,26840.6+7.2
Liberal Charles Kerr 12,62538.6+2.2
Unionist Alfred William Ernest Wynne6,79420.8−9.4
Majority 6432.05.0
Turnout 81.7−5.3
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +2.5
Wrexham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Richards 20,58446.4+2.0
Liberal Christmas Price Williams 13,99731.5−24.1
Unionist Edmund Fleming Bushby 9,82022.1n/a
Majority 6,58714.926.1
Turnout 84.9+2.3
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +13.0

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    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
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