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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote 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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Merthyr Tydfil</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Former <a href="/wiki/Borough_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Borough constituency">borough constituency</a><br /><span class="category">for the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;"><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">1832</a>–<a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Glamorgan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)">Glamorgan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)">Merthyr</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aberdare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdare</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ccf;"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a>–<a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Created from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)">Merthyr</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 50%">Replaced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_and_Rhymney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (UK Parliament constituency)">Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Merthyr Tydfil</b> was a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_constituencies" title="United Kingdom constituencies">parliamentary constituency</a> centred on the town of <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glamorgan" title="Glamorgan">Glamorgan</a>. From 1832 to 1868 it returned one <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a>, and in 1868 this was increased to two members. The two-member constituency was abolished for the <a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918 general election</a>. </p><p>A single-member constituency (known as Merthyr) existed from 1918 until 1945 and, by the <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950 general election</a>, it had been renamed Merthyr Tydfil. The constituency was abolished for the <a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983 general election</a>, when it was largely replaced by the new <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_and_Rhymney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (UK Parliament constituency)">Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</a> constituency. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Merthyr was regarded as a Liberal seat throughout the nineteenth century and particularly after the landmark election of 1868. There were tensions within the constituency, however and these were manifested by the rivalry between Merthyr and Aberdare, which became more pronounced as the latter grew in importance after 1850. Increasingly, also, the constituency was affected by the debate about working-class representation. Thomas Halliday contested Merthyr as a 'labour' candidate as early as 1874 and the return of Keir Hardie in 1900 was a notable landmark in the growth of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>. From 1922 onwards, Merthyr was a safe Labour seat. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1832–1867"><span id="1832.E2.80.931867"></span>1832–1867</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1832–1867"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Reform_Act_1832" title="Reform Act 1832">Reform Act 1832</a> was the first significant review of the arrangements for the election of MPs to the House of Commons, Patterns of representation had remained essentially unchanged for centuries and no recognition was given to the growth of urban settlements in the wake of the industrial revolution. The discontent of the late 1820s, culminating in serious disturbances in 1831, including the <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Rising" title="Merthyr Rising">Merthyr Rising</a> persuaded the government to take action in favour of reform. Within the Act of 1832 the one significant change in Wales was the carving out of a new parliamentary constituency, centred at Merthyr Tydfil, from the county of Glamorgan. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Boundaries_Act_1832" title="Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832">Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832</a> defined the new <b>Parliamentary Borough of Merthyr Tydvil</b> in great detail:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>From the Point on the North of Merthyr Tydvil at which the Northern Boundary of the Hamlet of Gellydeg meets the River called the Great Taff, Northward, along the Great Taff, to the Point at which the same is cut by the Southern Fence of Cilsanos Common; thence, Eastward, along the Fence of Cilsanos Common to the Point at which the same cuts the Brecon Road; thence, Southward, along the Brecon Road to the Point at which the same meets the <a href="/wiki/Vaynor" title="Vaynor">Vainor</a> Road; thence, Eastward, along the Vainor Road to the Point at which the same meets a Bye Road leading to Cefn-coed-y-Cwymner; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Little Taff would be cut by a straight Line to be drawn from the Point last described to the Southern Mouth of a Culvert on the Eastern Side of the Little Taff; thence, up the Little Taff, along the Boundary of the Parish of Merthyr Tydvil to the Point at which the Cwm Bargoed Stream is joined by a little Brook from the Coli Ravine; thence in a straight Line to the North eastern Corner of the Stone Fence of Pen-dwy-cae Vawr Farm; thence along the Road which passes Pen-dwy-cae Vawr Farmhouse to the Point at which the same meets the Mountain Track from Dowlais to Quakers Yard; thence, Southward, along the said Track, between the Farms of Pen-dwy-cae Vach and Pen-dwy-cae Vawr, to the Point at which such Track meets a Road running nearly due West, by a Stone Quarry, to Pen-y-rhw Gymra Cottage; thence along the last-mentioned Road to the Point at which the same reaches the Southern Side of Pen-y-rhw Gymra Cottage; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the Southern Boundary of Troed-y-rhw Farm meets the Cardiff Road; thence along the Southern Boundary of Troed-y-rhw Farm to the Point at which the same meets the Great Taff; thence in a straight Line to the Bridge over the Cardiff Canal called Pont-y-nant Maen; thence, Northward, along the Cardiff Canal to the Point at which the same is intersected by the Cwmdu Brook; thence along the Cwmdu Brook to its Source; thence in a straight Line drawn due West to the Boundary of the Parish of Aberdare; thence, Southward, along the Boundary of the Parish of <a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Aberdare</a> to the Point at which the same meets the Boundary of the Hamlet of Gellydeg; thence, Eastward, along the Boundary of the Hamlet of Gellydeg to the Point first described. </p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_Politics_1832–67"><span id="Electoral_Politics_1832.E2.80.9367"></span>Electoral Politics 1832–67</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electoral Politics 1832–67"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the constituency was established the vast majority of the electorate were resident in Merthyr Tydfil and its environs, such as the industrial township of <a href="/wiki/Dowlais" title="Dowlais">Dowlais</a>. In contrast the electorate of the neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Aberdare</a> Valley was relatively small, numbering 3,691 compared with 22,083 in Merthyr.<sup id="cite_ref-IGJ2-251_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGJ2-251-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first member for Merthyr Tydfil was <a href="/wiki/Josiah_John_Guest" class="mw-redirect" title="Josiah John Guest">Sir Josiah John Guest</a> who served, albeit with some opposition until his death in 1852. </p><p>Guest was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Austin Bruce</a> who, again, served with little opposition until the Second Reform Act of 1867. Bruce was a prominent Liberal although associated with the less radical wing of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a> and was criticised for his role in events such as the <a href="/wiki/Aberdare_Strike_1857-8" class="mw-redirect" title="Aberdare Strike 1857-8">1857 Aberdare Strike</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1867–1918"><span id="1867.E2.80.931918"></span>1867–1918</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1867–1918"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1867" class="mw-redirect" title="Representation of the People Act 1867">Representation of the People Act 1867</a>, which increased the number of members returned to two, also widened the constituency boundaries. To the existing parliamentary borough were added some additional parts of the parish of <a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Aberdare</a>, part of the parishes of Merthyr and "Faenor" (<a href="/wiki/Vaynor" title="Vaynor">Vaynor</a>), and part of the district of <a href="/wiki/Mountain_Ash,_Rhondda_Cynon_Taf" title="Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf">Mountain Ash</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-registers_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-registers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same boundaries were retained <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885" title="Redistribution of Seats Act 1885">in 1885</a>, and can be seen on the boundary commissioners' map.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1868_general_election">1868 general election</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1868 general election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Merthyr Tydfil saw one of the most remarkable contests of the 1868 general election. Resulting directly from a tenfold increase in the electorate. <a href="/wiki/Henry_Richard" title="Henry Richard">Henry Richard</a> was returned at the expense of the sitting member, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Austin Bruce</a>. </p><p>Bruce had served as member since 1832 and his position was secure until the reforms of 1867. Even thereafter, the immediate interest appeared to be in who would occupy the second seat rather than whether or nor Bruce would be re-elected. The Merthyr element of the constituency had dominated the representation since its formation in 1832 but in recent years the population of the neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Aberdare" title="Aberdare">Aberdare</a> valley had grown considerably, mainly as a result of the development of the <a href="/wiki/Steam_coal" class="mw-redirect" title="Steam coal">steam coal</a> trade, that they should determine the identity of the second member. The Merthyr electorate had traditionally been far larger than that of Aberdare but by 1868, Aberdare's electorate formed almost half the total (11,446 in Aberdare; 13,329 in Merthyr).<sup id="cite_ref-IGJ2-251_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGJ2-251-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, there was a widespread view amongst the industrialists and tradesmen of the Aberdare Valley that they should have a say in the selection of a second Liberal candidate to contest the seat alongside Bruce. </p><p>These commercial interests of the Aberdare Valley soon became allied with the powerful nonconformist interest, which was led by the key figure of <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Price_(Baptist_minister)" title="Thomas Price (Baptist minister)">Thomas Price</a>, minister of <a href="/wiki/Calfaria_Baptist_Chapel,_Aberdare" class="mw-redirect" title="Calfaria Baptist Chapel, Aberdare">Calfaria, Aberdare</a>. Price, and other nonconformist ministers, were considered to have considerable influence over the largely chapel-going industrial workers who had been newly enfranchised. During 1867 these groupings rallied around <a href="/wiki/Richard_Fothergill_(politician)" title="Richard Fothergill (politician)">Richard Fothergill</a>, owner of the Aberdare Ironworks and also a figure of some influence in Merthyr due to his ownership of the <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Ironworks" title="Plymouth Ironworks">Plymouth Ironworks</a>. It was confidently expected that Fothergill would be returned alongside Bruce. </p><p>This remained the position until <a href="/wiki/Henry_Richard" title="Henry Richard">Henry Richard</a> entered the fray in the summer of 1868. Richard's candidature was also opposed by members of the Irish community, on account of alleged comments by Richard about the Pope during a speech at <a href="/wiki/Brecon" title="Brecon">Brecon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-G_helyntion_26-9-68_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-G_helyntion_26-9-68-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1868–1888"><span id="1868.E2.80.931888"></span>1868–1888</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1868–1888"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Richard and Fothergill were re-elected in 1874. By 1879, however, Fothergill was in financial difficulties and there were calls for him to step aside. A deputation of tradesmen and working men who attended a meeting at Swansea to request to offer himself once again as a candidate but he eventually declined.<sup id="cite_ref-MT_1-8-79_Fothergill_meeting_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MT_1-8-79_Fothergill_meeting-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Herbert_James" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Herbert James">Charles Herbert James</a>. member of a long-standing politically active family in Merthyr. Both served until 1888 when Richard died and James stood down, leading to two by-elections within a twelve-month period. These led to the return of <a href="/wiki/David_Alfred_Thomas,_1st_Viscount_Rhondda" class="mw-redirect" title="David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda">David Alfred Thomas</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Pritchard_Morgan" class="mw-redirect" title="William Pritchard Morgan">William Pritchard Morgan</a>. Thomas and Morgan had much in common. Both were nonconformists, both were wealthy industrialists and both placed Welsh issues high on their list of political priorities. However, they also shared 'a hearty loathing' for each other.<sup id="cite_ref-MorganDemPol10-11_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MorganDemPol10-11-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morgan's return, in particular, was significant, as he defeated Foulkes Griffiths, the official candidate of the Liberal Association. The result was also regarded as a defeat for the <i><a href="/wiki/Cymru_Fydd" title="Cymru Fydd">Cymru Fydd</a></i> element in the Welsh Liberal Party. The Merthyr Liberal Association broke up after this election and did not function again until 1909.<sup id="cite_ref-MorganDemPol10-11_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MorganDemPol10-11-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1888–1918"><span id="1888.E2.80.931918"></span>1888–1918</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1888–1918"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg/120px-David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg/180px-David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg/240px-David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="467" /></a><figcaption>David Thomas</figcaption></figure> <p>Relations between Thomas and Morgan were not good, leading ultimately to a Liberal split which contributed to the success of <a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a> at the 1900 general election. For the first decade of the twentieth century Merthyr was represented by the unusual combination of <a href="/wiki/David_Alfred_Thomas,_1st_Viscount_Rhondda" class="mw-redirect" title="David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda">David Alfred Thomas</a> and Hardie. In 1910, Thomas chose to contest Cardiff instead and was succeeded by Sir Edgar Jones. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1918–1950"><span id="1918.E2.80.931950"></span>1918–1950</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1918–1950"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The two-member Merthyr Boroughs constituency was replaced at the 1918 general election by two separate constituencies, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1950–1983"><span id="1950.E2.80.931983"></span>1950–1983</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1950–1983"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Merthyr Tydfil Borough Constituency</b>, created by the <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1948" title="Representation of the People Act 1948">Representation of the People Act 1948</a>, had an identical area to the <a href="/wiki/County_Borough" class="mw-redirect" title="County Borough">County Borough</a> of <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil" title="Merthyr Tydfil">Merthyr Tydfil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seat was first contested at the <a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950 general election</a>. The boundaries were unchanged until 1983. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members_of_Parliament">Members of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MPs_1832–1868"><span id="MPs_1832.E2.80.931868"></span>MPs 1832–1868</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: MPs 1832–1868"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election</th> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">1832</a> </td> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Josiah_Guest" title="John Josiah Guest">John Josiah Guest</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stooks-smith2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stooks-smith2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF99"> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1852_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1852 Merthyr Tydfil by-election (page does not exist)">1852</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Bruce</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peelite" title="Peelite">Peelite</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">1859</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>representation increased to two members</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MPs_1868–1918"><span id="MPs_1868.E2.80.931918"></span>MPs 1868–1918</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: MPs 1868–1918"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election</th> <th colspan="2">1st Member</th> <th>1st Party</th> <th colspan="2">2nd Member</th> <th>2nd Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">1868</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Richard" title="Henry Richard">Henry Richard</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fothergill_(politician)" title="Richard Fothergill (politician)">Richard Fothergill</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_(MP)" title="Charles James (MP)">Charles James</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/March_1888_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="March 1888 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">1888 by-election (Mar)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/D._A._Thomas" title="D. A. Thomas">D. A. Thomas</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/October_1888_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="October 1888 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">1888 by-election (Oct)</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Pritchard-Morgan" title="William Pritchard-Morgan">William Pritchard-Morgan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">1900</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910 (Jan)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Jones_(politician)" title="Edgar Jones (politician)">Sir Edgar Jones</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1915_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">1915 by-election</a> </td> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFBBBB"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stanton" title="Charles Stanton">Charles Stanton</a> </td> <td>Ind. Labour<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1918 United Kingdom general election">1918</a> </td> <td colspan="6"><i>constituency abolished: see <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)">Merthyr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aberdare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdare</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MPs_1950–1983"><span id="MPs_1950.E2.80.931983"></span>MPs 1950–1983</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: MPs 1950–1983"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election</th> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="right"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>constituency re-established</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">1950</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/S._O._Davies" title="S. O. Davies">S. O. Davies</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFBBBB"> </td> <td>1970 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1972_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">1972 by-election</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ted_Rowlands,_Baron_Rowlands" title="Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands">Ted Rowlands</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1983 United Kingdom general election">1983</a> </td> <td colspan="2"><i>constituency abolished: see <a href="/wiki/Merthyr_Tydfil_and_Rhymney_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (UK Parliament constituency)">Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_1832–1867"><span id="Elections_1832.E2.80.931867"></span>Elections 1832–1867</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elections 1832–1867"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1830s">Elections in the 1830s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1830s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1832_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1832 United Kingdom general election">General election 1832</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Josiah_Guest" title="John Josiah Guest">John Josiah Guest</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">502 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF7F00"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1835_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1835 United Kingdom general election">General election 1835</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Josiah_Guest" title="John Josiah Guest">John Josiah Guest</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">561 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="; margin-right:1em; font-size:95%"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1837_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1837 United Kingdom general election">General election 1837</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stookssmith_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stookssmith-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 15em">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FF7F00;width:5px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Josiah_Guest" title="John Josiah Guest">John Josiah Guest</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>309 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;margin-right:0.5em"><b>69.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#0087DC;width:2px"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Bruce Bruce<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align:right">135 </td> <td style="text-align:right">30.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">174 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">444 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">582 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1840s">Elections in the 1840s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1840s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1841_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1841 United Kingdom general election">General election 1841</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Josiah_Guest" title="John Josiah Guest">John Josiah Guest</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">776 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1847_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1847 United Kingdom general election">General election 1847</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Josiah_Guest" title="John Josiah Guest">John Josiah Guest</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">822 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1850s">Elections in the 1850s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1850s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1852_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1852 United Kingdom general election">General election 1852</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Josiah_Guest" title="John Josiah Guest">John Josiah Guest</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">938 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FF7F00;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Guest's death caused a by-election. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/w/index.php?title=1852_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1852 Merthyr Tydfil by-election (page does not exist)">By-election, 14 December 1852</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF99; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Peelite" title="Peelite">Peelite</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Bruce</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF99;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Peelite" title="Peelite">Peelite</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1857_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1857 United Kingdom general election">General election 1857</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF99; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Peelite" title="Peelite">Peelite</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Bruce</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,263 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #99FF99;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Peelite" title="Peelite">Peelite</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Whigs_(British_political_party)" title="Whigs (British political party)">Whig</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1859_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1859 United Kingdom general election">General election 1859</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Bruce</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>800 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>88.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edward Merrick Elderton<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">106 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">694 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">906 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,349 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1860s">Elections in the 1860s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1860s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bruce was appointed <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Education#Vice-President_of_the_Committee_of_the_Council_on_Education" title="Secretary of State for Education">Vice-President of the Committee of the Privy Council for Education</a>, requiring a by-election. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/w/index.php?title=1864_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1864 Merthyr Tydfil by-election (page does not exist)">By-election, 25 April 1864</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Bruce</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1865_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1865 United Kingdom general election">General election 1865</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Bruce</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">1,387 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_1868–1918"><span id="Elections_1868.E2.80.931918"></span>Elections 1868–1918</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Elections 1868–1918"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1860s_2">Elections in the 1860s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1860s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Seat increased to two members</i> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1868_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1868 United Kingdom general election">General election 1868</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Richard" title="Henry Richard">Henry Richard</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,683 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fothergill_(politician)" title="Richard Fothergill (politician)">Richard Fothergill</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,439 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>29.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bruce,_1st_Baron_Aberdare" title="Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare">Henry Bruce</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,776 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,663 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,449 (est) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.4 (est) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14,577 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>win</b> (new seat) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1870s">Elections in the 1870s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1870s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1874 United Kingdom general election">General election 1874</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Richard" title="Henry Richard">Henry Richard</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,606 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>39.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−7.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fothergill_(politician)" title="Richard Fothergill (politician)">Richard Fothergill</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>6,908 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>35.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+5.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: orange; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal-Labour_(UK)" title="Liberal-Labour (UK)">Lib-Lab</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Halliday_(trade_unionist)" title="Thomas Halliday (trade unionist)">Thomas Halliday</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,912 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,996 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+3.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,713 (est) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">63.0 (est) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−22.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">15,429 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1880s">Elections in the 1880s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1880s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">General election 1880</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-craig1832_19-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-craig1832-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Richard" title="Henry Richard">Henry Richard</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,033 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>40.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_(MP)" title="Charles James (MP)">Charles James</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,526 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>37.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Lewis,_1st_Baron_Merthyr" title="William Lewis, 1st Baron Merthyr">William Lewis</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,445 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,081 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,478 (est) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">87.5 (est) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+24.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">14,259 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1885 United Kingdom general election">General election 1885</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Richard" title="Henry Richard">Henry Richard</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_(MP)" title="Charles James (MP)">Charles James</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1886_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1886 United Kingdom general election">General election 1886</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_Richard" title="Henry Richard">Henry Richard</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_(MP)" title="Charles James (MP)">Charles James</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>James resigned, causing a by-election. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/March_1888_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="March 1888 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">By-election, 14 Mar 1888</a>: Merthyr Tydfil <sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <th style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </th> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/D._A._Thomas" title="D. A. Thomas">D. A. Thomas</a></b> </td> <td style="background: ; color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na" colspan="3"><i><b>Unopposed</b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Richard died, causing a by-election. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Pritchard_Morgan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/William_Pritchard_Morgan.jpg/120px-William_Pritchard_Morgan.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/William_Pritchard_Morgan.jpg/180px-William_Pritchard_Morgan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3d/William_Pritchard_Morgan.jpg/240px-William_Pritchard_Morgan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="368" data-file-height="470" /></a><figcaption>Morgan</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/October_1888_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="October 1888 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">By-election, 26 Oct 1888</a>: Merthyr Tydfil <sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFFFAA; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Pritchard-Morgan" title="William Pritchard-Morgan">William Pritchard-Morgan</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>7,149 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>59.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Richard Foulkes Griffiths<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,956 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">40.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,193 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12,105 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">78.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">15,411 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1890s">Elections in the 1890s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1890s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg/120px-David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg/180px-David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg/240px-David_Alfred_Thomas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="467" /></a><figcaption>Thomas</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">General election 1892</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/D._A._Thomas" title="D. A. Thomas">D. A. Thomas</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,948 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>45.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Pritchard-Morgan" title="William Pritchard-Morgan">William Pritchard-Morgan</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,756 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>45.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Benjamin Francis Williams </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,304 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,452 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,093 (est) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">17,271 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>N/A</i> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1895_Merthyr_Tydfil_candidates.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/1895_Merthyr_Tydfil_candidates.jpg/220px-1895_Merthyr_Tydfil_candidates.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/1895_Merthyr_Tydfil_candidates.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="408" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1895_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1895 United Kingdom general election">General election 1895</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/D._A._Thomas" title="D. A. Thomas">D. A. Thomas</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>9,250 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>37.1 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−8.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Pritchard-Morgan" title="William Pritchard-Morgan">William Pritchard-Morgan</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,554 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>34.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−11.0 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Herbert Clark Lewis, 2nd Baron Merthyr </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,525 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">26.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+17.2 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px">Independent <a href="/wiki/Liberal-Labour_(UK)" title="Liberal-Labour (UK)">Liberal-Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Upward" title="Allen Upward">Allen Upward</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">659 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.6 </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,029 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−28.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14,998 (est) </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">88.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+6.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">17,024 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−13.0 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−14.1 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1900s">Elections in the 1900s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1900s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Keir_Hardie_by_John_Furley_Lewis,_1902.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/James_Keir_Hardie_by_John_Furley_Lewis%2C_1902.jpg/120px-James_Keir_Hardie_by_John_Furley_Lewis%2C_1902.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/James_Keir_Hardie_by_John_Furley_Lewis%2C_1902.jpg/180px-James_Keir_Hardie_by_John_Furley_Lewis%2C_1902.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/James_Keir_Hardie_by_John_Furley_Lewis%2C_1902.jpg/240px-James_Keir_Hardie_by_John_Furley_Lewis%2C_1902.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="713" /></a><figcaption>Hardie</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1900_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1900 United Kingdom general election">General election 1900</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/D._A._Thomas" title="D. A. Thomas">D. A. Thomas</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>8,598 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>46.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+9.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#b22222; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Representation_Committee_(1900)" title="Labour Representation Committee (1900)">Labour Repr. Cmte.</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>5,745 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Pritchard-Morgan" title="William Pritchard-Morgan">William Pritchard-Morgan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,004 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.8 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−12.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,741 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,347 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−14.2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">15,400 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #b22222"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Representation_Committee_(1900)" title="Labour Representation Committee (1900)">Labour Repr. Cmte.</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1906_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1906 United Kingdom general election">General election 1906</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/D._A._Thomas" title="D. A. Thomas">D. A. Thomas</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>13,971 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>43.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−3.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#b22222; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Representation_Committee_(1900)" title="Labour Representation Committee (1900)">Labour Repr. Cmte.</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,187 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>31.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+0.6 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Henry Radcliffe </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,776 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+2.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,411 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31,934 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.9 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+11.0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:right;" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_registration" title="Voter registration">Registered electors</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em">21,438 </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">−1.9 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #b22222"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Representation_Committee_(1900)" title="Labour Representation Committee (1900)">Labour Repr. Cmte.</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.9 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_in_the_1910s">Elections in the 1910s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Elections in the 1910s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/January_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="January 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election January 1910</a>: Merthyr Tydfil<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_23-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Jones_(politician)" title="Edgar Jones (politician)">Edgar Jones</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,448 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>41.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−2.7 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>13,841 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>36.7 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+4.8 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Charles_Fox-Davies" title="Arthur Charles Fox-Davies">Arthur Fox-Davies</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,756 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">12.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFFFAA; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Pritchard-Morgan" title="William Pritchard-Morgan">William Pritchard-Morgan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,639 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">10,692 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+9.1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,085 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.1 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+16.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,684 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">93.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+8.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">General election, December 1910</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFD700; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Jones_(politician)" title="Edgar Jones (politician)">Edgar Jones</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>12,258 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>42.2 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+1.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Keir_Hardie" title="Keir Hardie">Keir Hardie</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>11,507 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>39.6 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+2.9 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #2061A2; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Unionist_Party" title="Liberal Unionist Party">Liberal Unionist</a> </td> <td class="fn">John Henry Watts </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">5,277 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+5.6 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,981 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">24.0 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,230 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21.4 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.7 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29.042 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.3 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−11.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFD700"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1915_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">1915 Merthyr Tydfil by-election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFBBBB; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Stanton" title="Charles Stanton">Charles Stanton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>10,286 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>62.8 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>New</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Winstone" title="James Winstone">James Winstone</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,080 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.2 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.4 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,206 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">25.6 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,366 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">67.7 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−13.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFBBBB"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_1950–1979"><span id="Elections_1950.E2.80.931979"></span>Elections 1950–1979</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Elections 1950–1979"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1950s">1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1950_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1950 United Kingdom general election">General election 1950</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/S._O._Davies" title="S. O. Davies">S. O. Davies</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>29,210 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>78.91 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">LF Haddrill </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">6,294 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.00 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #cdffab; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Nationalist" title="Independent Nationalist">Ind. Nationalist</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Trefor_Richard_Morgan" title="Trefor Richard Morgan">Trefor Morgan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,511 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.08 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22,916 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">61.91 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37,015 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">85.77 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1951_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1951 United Kingdom general election">General election 1951</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/S._O._Davies" title="S. O. Davies">S. O. Davies</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>28,841 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>79.57 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">James F Lynam </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,405 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">20.43 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">21,436 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.14 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">36,246 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">84.42 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1955_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1955 United Kingdom general election">General election 1955</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/S._O._Davies" title="S. O. Davies">S. O. Davies</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>25,630 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>77.25 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Anthony Arnold </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,548 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.75 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,082 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">54.50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">33,178 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.28 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">General election 1959</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/S._O._Davies" title="S. O. Davies">S. O. Davies</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>26,608 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>77.14 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Miranda MM Greenaway </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,885 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.86 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,723 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">54.28 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">34,493 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.83 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s">1960s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">General election 1964</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/S._O._Davies" title="S. O. Davies">S. O. Davies</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>23,275 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>75.27 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Sidney W Doxsey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,767 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.42 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ioan_Bowen_Rees" title="Ioan Bowen Rees">Ioan Bowen Rees</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,878 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.31 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">18,508 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">59.85 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30,920 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">76.27 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1966_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1966 United Kingdom general election">General election 1966</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/S._O._Davies" title="S. O. Davies">S. O. Davies</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,737 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>74.49 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Gerald L Preece </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,082 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13.99 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Meic_Stephens" title="Meic Stephens">Meic Stephens</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,361 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.52 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,655 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">60.50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">29,180 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">73.92 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1970s">1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Merthyr_Tydfil_(UK_Parliament_constituency)&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">General election 1970</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#FFBBBB; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/S._O._Davies" title="S. O. Davies">S. O. Davies</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>16,701 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>51.90 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b><i>N/A</i> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #E4003B; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td class="fn">Taliesin J Lloyd </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9,234 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">28.69 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−45.80 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Edward Jones </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,169 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.85 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−4.14 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Rees" title="Chris Rees">Chris Rees</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,076 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.56 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.96 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,467 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">23.21 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32,180 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">77.92 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+4.00 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #FFBBBB"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;">+40.30 </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>NB: Davies claimed to be 83 in 1970 and his <a href="/wiki/Constituency_Labour_Party" title="Constituency Labour Party">Constituency Labour Party</a> felt that he was too old and ought to stand down. They thus de-selected him in favour of a younger man. However, although his true birth date is unconfirmed, Davies was undoubtedly several years older than he claimed, and was probably close to 90 years old when he fought and won the election as an Independent. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1972_Merthyr_Tydfil_by-election" title="1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election">1972 Merthyr Tydfil by-election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rowlands">Edward Rowlands</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>15,562 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>48.58 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>+19.89 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Emrys_Roberts_(Plaid_Cymru_politician)" title="Emrys Roberts (Plaid Cymru politician)">Emrys Roberts</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11,852 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">37.00 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">+27.44 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">Christopher Barr </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,336 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7.29 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−2.56 </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: red; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">Arthur Lewis Jones </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,519 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.74 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">Angus Donaldson </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">765 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2.39 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3,710 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">11.58 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32,034 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">79.5 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">−1.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Independent_Labour" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Labour">Independent Labour</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election February 1974</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rowlands">Edward Rowlands</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>20,486 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>64.07 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Emrys_Roberts_(Plaid_Cymru_politician)" title="Emrys Roberts (Plaid Cymru politician)">Emrys Roberts</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">7,336 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.94 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Knowles_(politician)" title="Michael Knowles (politician)">Michael Knowles</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,622 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.20 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">D Bettell-Higgins </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,002 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">3.13 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: red; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">A Jones </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">369 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.15 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>N/A</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #AA0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Revolutionary_Party_(UK)" title="Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)">Workers Revolutionary</a> </td> <td class="fn">R Battersby </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">160 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.50 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,150 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">41.13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">32,015 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">81.06 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>gain</b> from <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/October_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="October 1974 United Kingdom general election">General election October 1974</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rowlands">Edward Rowlands</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>21,260 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>70.61 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Emrys_Roberts_(Plaid_Cymru_politician)" title="Emrys Roberts (Plaid Cymru politician)">Emrys Roberts</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,455 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.80 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">LJ Walters </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,587 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">8.59 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">D Bettall-Higgins </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,300 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.32 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: red; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">T Roberts </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">509 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.69 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">16,805 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">55.81 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">30,111 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">75.82 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E4003B"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">General election 1979</a>: Merthyr Tydfil </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E4003B; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Rowlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Rowlands">Edward Rowlands</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>22,386 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>71.32 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td class="fn">AR de Wilde </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4,426 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">14.10 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #005B54; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Plaid_Cymru" title="Plaid Cymru">Plaid Cymru</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Eurfyl_ap_Gwilym" title="Eurfyl ap Gwilym">Eurfyl ap Gwilym</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">2,962 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">9.44 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #FFD700; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal</a> </td> <td class="fn">RD Oliver </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,275 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">4.06 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: red; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain" title="Communist Party of Great Britain">Communist</a> </td> <td class="fn">CC Dennett </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">223 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.71 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #AA0000; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Workers_Revolutionary_Party_(UK)" title="Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)">Workers Revolutionary</a> </td> <td class="fn">GT Gould </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">114 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.36 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17,960 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">57.22 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_1880" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in <a href="/wiki/1880_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1880 United Kingdom general election">1880</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaumaris_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Beaumaris (UK Parliament constituency)">Beaumaris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brecon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Brecon (UK Parliament constituency)">Brecon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caernarvonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Caernarvonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardigan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardigan (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmarthenshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthenshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denbighshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Denbighshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glamorganshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Glamorganshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haverfordwest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Haverfordwest (UK Parliament constituency)">Haverfordwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Monmouthshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pembroke (UK Parliament constituency)">Pembroke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnor_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Radnor (UK Parliament constituency)">Radnor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_1910" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in <a href="/wiki/December_1910_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="December 1910 United Kingdom general election">1910</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Breconshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Breconshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Breconshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denbigh_Boroughs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Denbigh Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)">Denbigh Boroughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Carmarthenshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Carmarthenshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Denbighshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Denbighshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Glamorganshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Glamorganshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eifion_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Eifion (UK Parliament constituency)">Eifion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint_Boroughs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Flint Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)">Flint Boroughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid_Glamorganshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Mid Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Mid Glamorganshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Boroughs_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)">Monmouth Boroughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Montgomery (UK Parliament constituency)">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Monmouthshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)">North Monmouthshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembroke_and_Haverfordwest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pembroke and Haverfordwest (UK Parliament constituency)">Pembroke and Haverfordwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radnorshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Radnorshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhondda_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency)">Rhondda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Glamorganshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Glamorganshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Monmouthshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)">South Monmouthshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Swansea (UK Parliament constituency)">Swansea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Carmarthenshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Carmarthenshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Carmarthenshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Denbighshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Denbighshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Denbighshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Monmouthshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Monmouthshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_1915" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in 1915</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmarthen_(1542%E2%80%931918_UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Carmarthen (1542–1918 UK Parliament constituency)">Carmarthen (historic)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Merthyr Tydfil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_District_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Swansea District (UK Parliament constituency)">Swansea Boroughs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_1945" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in <a href="/wiki/1945_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1945 United Kingdom general election">1945</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caernarfon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)">Caernarfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caernarvonshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Caernarvonshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Central_(1918%E2%80%931950_UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff Central (1918–1950 UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff Central (historic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_East_(1918%E2%80%931950_UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff East (1918–1950 UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff East (historic)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff South (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flintshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Flintshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llandaff_and_Barry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Llandaff and Barry (UK Parliament constituency)">Llandaff and Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)">Merthyr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Wales_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="University of Wales (UK Parliament constituency)">University of Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_1970" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in <a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rhondda_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rhondda East (UK Parliament constituency)">Rhondda East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhondda_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Rhondda West (UK Parliament constituency)">Rhondda West</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_1979" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1979 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1979</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberdare_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberdare (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberdare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abertillery_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Abertillery (UK Parliament constituency)">Abertillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barry (UK Parliament constituency)">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedwellty_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Bedwellty (UK Parliament constituency)">Bedwellty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Cardiff South East (UK Parliament constituency)">Cardiff South East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceredigion_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)">Ceredigion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denbigh_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Denbigh (UK Parliament constituency)">Denbigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Flintshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)">East Flintshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebbw_Vale_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ebbw Vale (UK Parliament constituency)">Ebbw Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merioneth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)">Merioneth</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Merthyr Tydfil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_(Monmouthshire)_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)">Newport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontypool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency)">Pontypool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Flintshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)">West Flintshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_1992_(review)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in <a href="/wiki/1992_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="1992 United Kingdom general election in Wales">1992</a> (<a href="/wiki/Third_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">review</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceredigion_and_Pembroke_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Ceredigion and Pembroke North (UK Parliament constituency)">Ceredigion and Pembroke North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clwyd_North_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clwyd North West (UK Parliament constituency)">Clwyd North West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clwyd_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clwyd South West (UK Parliament constituency)">Clwyd South West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pembrokeshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Pembrokeshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_2005_(review)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2005</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fourth_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">review</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caernarfon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)">Caernarfon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conwy_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)">Conwy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meirionnydd_Nant_Conwy_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)">Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Last_contested_in_2019_(review)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Last contested in <a href="/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Wales" title="2019 United Kingdom general election in Wales">2019</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fifth_Periodic_Review_of_Westminster_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies">review</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aberavon_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberavon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberconwy_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Aberconwy (UK Parliament constituency)">Aberconwy</a></li> <li><a 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