Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
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caernarvonshire, parliament, constituency, caernarvonshire, constituency, house, commons, parliament, england, then, parliament, great, britain, from, 1707, 1800, parliament, united, kingdom, from, 1801, 1885, from, 1918, until, 1950, elected, member, parliame. Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950 It elected one Member of Parliament MP by the first past the post system CaernarvonshireFormer County constituencyfor the House of Commons1918 1950Created fromArfon and EifionReplaced byCaernarvon and Conway1542 1885Replaced byArfon and Eifion Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1 1 MPs 1542 1604 1 2 MPs 1604 1950 2 Uncontested elections 1830 1865 3 Elections 1866 1885 3 1 Elections in the 1860s 3 2 Elections in the 1870s 3 3 Elections in the 1880s 4 Elections 1918 1945 4 1 Elections in the 1910s 4 2 Elections in the 1920s 4 3 Elections in the 1930s 4 4 Elections in the 1940s 5 SourcesMembers of Parliament EditConstituency created 1542 This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 MPs 1542 1604 Edit Parliament Member1542 John Wynn ap Maredudd 1 1545 John Puleston 1 1547 Sir John Puleston died 1552 and replaced by John Wynn ap Maredudd 1 1553 Mar John Wynn ap Hugh 1 1553 Oct Morris Wynn 1 1554 Apr Morris Wynn 1 1554 Nov David Lloyd ap Thomas 1 1555 Sir Rhys Gruffydd 1 1558 William Wynn Williams 1 1558 1559 Robert Pugh 2 1563 Jan Morris Wynn 2 1571 John Wynn ap Hugh 2 1572 Apr John Gwynne died 1574 and replaced by William Thomas 2 1584 William Thomas 2 1586 John Wynn 2 1588 Oct Hugh Gwyn Bodvel 2 1593 William Maurice 2 1597 Oct William Griffith 2 1601 Sep William Jones 2 MPs 1604 1950 Edit Year Member Party1604 Sir William Maurice1614 Richard Wynn1621 John Griffith1624 Thomas Glynn1625 Thomas Glynn1626 John Griffith1628 John Griffith1640 April Thomas Glynn1640 November John Griffith junior disabled 16421647 Sir Richard Wynn 4th Baronet1653 Not represented in Barebones ParliamentYear First Member Second MemberTwo members in first and second protectorate parliaments1654 Sir John Glynne Thomas Madryn1656 Sir John Glynne Henry Lawrence Robert WilliamsYear Member Party1659 William Glynne1660 Sir John Glynne1661 Sir Richard Wynn 4th Baronet1675 Robert Bulkeley 2nd Viscount Bulkeley1679 Thomas Bulkeley1689 Sir William Williams 6th Baronet1697 Thomas Bulkeley1705 Sir John Wynn 5th Baronet1713 William Griffith1715 John Griffith1740 John Wynn1741 William Bodvell1754 Sir John Wynn 2nd Baronet1761 Sir Thomas Wynn 3rd Baronet1774 Thomas Assheton Smith1780 John Parry1790 Sir Robert Williams 9th Baronet Whig 3 1826 Sir Thomas Wynn 3rd Baronet Non Partisan1830 Charles Griffith Wynne Tory 3 1832 Thomas Assheton Smith Tory 3 1834 Conservative 3 1837 John Ormsby Gore Conservative 3 1841 Edward Douglas Pennant Conservative 3 1866 George Douglas Pennant Conservative1868 Love Jones Parry Liberal1874 Hon George Douglas Pennant ConservativeApril 1880 Watkin Williams LiberalDecember 1880 William Rathbone Liberal1885 Constituency abolished1918 Constituency re created1918 Charles Edward Breese Coalition Liberal1922 Robert Jones Labour1923 Goronwy Owen Liberal1945 Goronwy Roberts Labour1950 Constituency abolishedUncontested elections 1830 1865 EditGeneral election 1830 Caernarvonshire 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Griffith Wynne UnopposedRegistered electors c 1 500Tories gain from NonpartisanGeneral election 1831 Caernarvonshire 3 4 Party Candidate Votes Tory Charles Griffith Wynne UnopposedRegistered electors c 1 500Tory holdGeneral election 1832 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Tory Thomas Assheton Smith UnopposedRegistered electors 1 688Tory holdGeneral election 1835 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Thomas Assheton Smith UnopposedRegistered electors 1 642Conservative holdGeneral election 1837 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Ormsby Gore UnopposedRegistered electors 1 791Conservative holdGeneral election 1841 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Douglas Pennant UnopposedRegistered electors 2 162Conservative holdGeneral election 1847 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Douglas Pennant UnopposedRegistered electors 2 117Conservative holdGeneral election 1852 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Douglas Pennant UnopposedRegistered electors 1 913Conservative holdGeneral election 1857 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Douglas Pennant UnopposedRegistered electors 2 060Conservative holdGeneral election 1859 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Douglas Pennant UnopposedRegistered electors 2 116Conservative holdGeneral election 1865 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Edward Douglas Pennant UnopposedRegistered electors 2 190Conservative holdElections 1866 1885 EditElections in the 1860s Edit Pennant was elevated to the peerage becoming Lord Penrhyn causing a by election By election 14 Aug 1866 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Douglas Pennant UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1868 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Love Jones Parry 1 968 52 0 NewConservative George Douglas Pennant 1 815 48 0 N AMajority 153 4 0 N ATurnout 3 783 78 0 N ARegistered electors 4 852Liberal gain from Conservative Swing N AElections in the 1870s Edit General election 1874 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Conservative George Douglas Pennant 2 750 54 3 6 3Liberal Love Jones Parry 2 318 45 7 6 3Majority 432 8 6 N ATurnout 5 068 80 6 2 6Registered electors 6 286Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 6 3Elections in the 1880s Edit General election 1880 Caernarvonshire 5 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Watkin Williams 3 303 60 0 14 3Conservative George Douglas Pennant 2 206 40 0 14 3Majority 1 097 20 0 N ATurnout 5 509 82 8 2 2Registered electors 6 652Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 14 3Williams resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice By election 2 Dec 1880 Caernarvonshire 6 5 Party Candidate Votes Liberal William Rathbone 3 180 59 7 0 3Conservative Hugh Ellis Nanney 7 2 151 40 3 0 3Majority 1 029 19 4 0 6Turnout 5 331 80 1 2 7Registered electors 6 652Liberal hold Swing 0 3Elections 1918 1945 EditElections in the 1910s Edit General election 1918 Caernarvonshire Party Candidate Votes C Liberal Charles Edward Breese 10 488 44 5Independent Labour Robert Jones 8 145 34 6Independent Liberal Ellis William Davies 4 937 21 0Majority 2 343 9 9Turnout 23 570 64 6Liberal winC indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s Edit General election 1922 Caernarvonshire Party Candidate Votes Labour Robert Jones 14 016 53 0 18 4National Liberal Charles Edward Breese 12 407 47 0 2 5Majority 1 609 6 0 3 9Turnout 26 423 70 6 6 0Labour gain from National Liberal SwingGeneral election 1923 Caernarvonshire 8 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Goronwy Owen 15 043 52 7 5 7Labour Robert Jones 13 521 47 3 5 7Majority 1 522 5 4 N ATurnout 28 564 74 9 4 3Liberal gain from Labour Swing 5 7General election 1924 Caernarvonshire Party Candidate Votes Liberal Goronwy Owen 15 033 50 8 1 9Labour Robert Jones 14 564 49 2 1 9Majority 469 1 6 3 8Turnout 29 597 76 6 1 7Liberal hold Swing 1 9General election 1929 Caernarvonshire Party Candidate Votes Liberal Goronwy Owen 18 507 47 8 3 0Labour Robert Jones 14 867 38 5 10 7Unionist D Fowden Jones 4 669 12 1 NewPlaid Cymru Lewis Valentine 609 1 6 NewMajority 3 640 9 3 7 7Turnout 38 652 81 4 4 8Liberal hold Swing 3 9Elections in the 1930s Edit General election 1931 Caernarvonshire Party Candidate Votes Liberal Goronwy Owen 14 993 39 0 8 8Labour Elwyn Jones 14 299 37 2 1 3National W P O Evans 7 990 20 8 NewPlaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 1 136 3 0 1 4Majority 694 1 8 7 5Turnout 38 418 80 0 1 4Liberal hold SwingOwen opposed the National GovernmentGeneral election 1935 Caernarvonshire Party Candidate Votes Liberal Goronwy Owen 17 947 48 6 9 6Labour Elwyn Jones 16 450 44 5 7 3Plaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 2 534 6 9 3 9Majority 1 497 4 1 2 3Turnout 36 931 74 9 5 1Liberal hold SwingGeneral Election 1939 40 Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940 The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year the following candidates had been selected Liberal Goronwy Owen Labour Elwyn JonesElections in the 1940s Edit General election 1945 Caernarvonshire Party Candidate Votes Labour Goronwy Roberts 22 043 55 3 10 8Liberal Goronwy Owen 15 637 39 3 9 3Plaid Cymru Ambrose Bebb 2 152 5 4 1 5Majority 6 406 16 0 11 9Turnout 39 832 77 7 2 8Labour gain from Liberal Swing 10 0Sources EditLeigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with C part 1 a b c d e f g h i History of Parliament Retrieved 29 August 2011 a b c d e f g h i j History of Parliament Retrieved 29 August 2011 a b c d e f g h Stooks Smith Henry 1845 The Parliaments of England from 1st George I to the Present Time Vol II Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive London Simpkin Marshall amp Co p 185 Retrieved 5 May 2020 via Internet Archive a b Escott Margaret Caernarvonshire The History of Parliament Retrieved 5 May 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Craig F W S ed 1977 British Parliamentary Election Results 1832 1885 e book 1st ed London Macmillan Press p 519 ISBN 978 1 349 02349 3 Carnarvonshire Election The Cornishman No 125 2 December 1880 p 5 The Nanney Ites in Carnarvonshire Liverpool Mercury 16 November 1880 p 7 Retrieved 18 December 2017 via British Newspaper Archive Etholiadau r ganrif 1885 1997 Beti Jones Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Caernarvonshire UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1152260222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
