Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1542–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South

Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1542-1645

Parliament	Member
1542	John Thomas Bassett
1545	Unknown
1547	John Cock, sat for Calne, repl. by Sir Philip Hoby
1553 (Mar)	?David Evans
1553 (Oct)	David Evans
1554 (Apr)	David Evans
1554 (Nov)	William Colchester
1555	William Herbert
1558	Lleisan Pryce
1559	David Evans
1562/3	Henry Lewes
1571	Henry Morgan
1572	David Roberts
1584	Nicholas Herbert
1586	George Lewis
1588	Gabriel Lewys
1593	David Roberts
1597	Nicholas Hawkins
1601	William Lewis
1604	Matthew Davies
1614	Matthew Davies
1621	William Herbert
1624	William Price
1625	William Price
1626	William Price
1628	Lewis Morgan
1629-1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640	William Herbert killed at Battle of Edgehill 1642
1642-1645	Not represented

MPs 1645–1832

Year		Member	Party
	1645	Algernon Sidney
	1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
	1654	John Price
	1656	John Price
	1659	John Price
	1660	Bussy Mansell Double return, Herbert Evans disallowed
	1661	Sir Richard Lloyd Elected to sit for Radnorshire
	1661	William Bassett Election voided by Parliament on petition
	1661	Robert Thomas
	1679 Feb	Robert Thomas
	1679 Sep	Robert Thomas
	1681	Bussy Mansell
	1685	Francis Gwyn
	1689	Thomas Mansel	Tory
	1698	Sir Edward Stradling, Bt
	1701	Thomas Mansel
	1706	Sir John Aubrey, Bt
	1710	Sir Edward Stradling, Bt
	1722	Edward Stradling
	1727	Bussy Mansel	Tory
	1734	Herbert Windsor
	1739	Herbert Mackworth
	1741	Herbert Mackworth
	1747	Herbert Mackworth
	1754	Herbert Mackworth
	1761	Herbert Mackworth
	1766	Herbert Mackworth
	1768	Herbert Mackworth
	1774	Herbert Mackworth
	1780	Sir Herbert Mackworth
	1784	Sir Herbert Mackworth
	1790	Lord Mount Stuart	Tory
	1794	Lord Evelyn Stuart	Tory
	1802	Lord William Stuart	Tory
	1814	Lord Evelyn Stuart	Tory
	1818	Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart
	1820	Wyndham Lewis
	1826	Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart
1832		Franchise extended under Reform Act 1832

MPs 1832–1918

Election		Member	Party
	1832	John Iltyd Nicholl	Conservative
	1852	Walter Coffin	Whig
	1857	James Crichton-Stuart	Whig
	1880	Sir Edward James Reed	Liberal
	1895	James Mackenzie Maclean	Unionist
	1900	Sir Edward James Reed	Liberal
	1904		Liberal Unionist
	1906	Ivor Guest	Liberal
	1910 (Jan)	David Alfred Thomas	Liberal
	1910 (Dec)	Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart	Unionist
	1915 by-election	Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet	Conservative
1918		constituency abolished: see Cardiff Central, Cardiff East and Cardiff South

Election results

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Cardiff Electorate 12,605

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	5,569
	Conservative	Henry Harben	5,429
Majority			140
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cardiff by-election, 1886 Electorate 12,605

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	5,708
	Conservative	John Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn	4,845
Majority			863
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1886: Cardiff Electorate 12,605

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	5,307
	Liberal Unionist	Hon. H R Brand	4,965
Majority			342
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Cardiff Electorate 16,886

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	7,226
	Liberal Unionist	John Gunn	6,540
Majority			686
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election 1895: Cardiff Electorate 19,358

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Mackenzie Maclean	8,386
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	7,562
Majority			824
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Cardiff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir Edward James Reed	9,342	52.2
	Conservative	Joseph Lawrence	8,541	47.8
Majority			801
Turnout				80.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Ivor Guest

General Election 1906: Cardiff Boroughs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon. Ivor Churchill Guest	12,434	56.9
	Liberal Unionist	Sir James Fortescue-Flannery	9,429	43.1
Majority			3,005	13.8
Turnout
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

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D. A. Thomas

General Election January 1910: Cardiff Boroughs Electorate 24,723

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Alfred Thomas	13,207	53.1
	Conservative	Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart	11,652	46.9
Majority			1,555	6.2
Turnout				86.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

General Election December 1910: Cardiff Electorate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart	12,181	50.6
	Liberal	Sir Clarendon Golding Hyde	11,882	49.4
Majority			299	1.2
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

Cardiff by-election, 1915 Electorate 32,000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Herbert Cory	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Unionist hold		Swing	n/a

References

• W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)

Bibliography

• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
• British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)