Caerphilly (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 51°34′44″N 3°13′05″W / 51.579°N 3.218°W
Caerphilly | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Caerphilly in Wales. | |
Preserved county | Gwent |
Electorate | 61,876 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach, Bargoed, Hengoed |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of parliament | Wayne David (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | East Glamorganshire |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | South Wales East |
European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a county constituency centred on the town of Caerphilly in South Wales. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Since its creation, the constituency has always elected Labour MPs.
Boundaries
The Caerphilly constituency covers roughly the southern and eastern half of Caerphilly district, the part of the district historically located in Glamorgan. In the north-west of the constituency are communities such as Hengoed and Ystrad Mynach, extending in a southeasterly direction through Caerphilly and Llanbradach to the rural outcrops bordering Cardiff.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | Alfred Onions | Labour | |
1921 | Morgan Jones | Labour | |
1939 | Ness Edwards | Labour | |
1968 | Alfred Thomas Evans | Labour | |
1979 | Ednyfed Hudson Davies | Labour | |
1981 | SDP | ||
1983 | Ron Davies | Labour | |
2001 | Wayne David | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wayne David | 22,491 | 54.5 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Jane Pratt | 10,413 | 25.2 | +8.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 5,962 | 14.4 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | Liz Wilks | 1,259 | 3.0 | −16.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Kay David | 725 | 1.8 | −0.6 | |
Green | Andrew Creak | 447 | 1.1 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 12,078 | 29.3 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 41,297 | 64.1 | +0.8 | ||
Registered electors | 64,381 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wayne David [6] | 17,864 | 44.3 | −0.6 | |
UKIP | Sam Gould [7] | 7,791 | 19.3 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | Leo Docherty [8] | 6,683 | 16.6 | -0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Beci Newton [6] | 5,895 | 14.6 | -2.1 | |
Green | Katy Beddoe[9] | 937 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | Aladdin Ayesh[10] | 935 | 2.3 | -12.4 | |
TUSC | Jaime Davies | 178 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,073 | 25.0 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,283 | 63.3 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 63,603 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wayne David | 17,377 | 44.9 | -10.5 | |
Conservative | Maria Caulfield | 6,622 | 17.1 | +2.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 6,460 | 16.7 | -1.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Kay David | 5,688 | 14.7 | +4.7 | |
BNP | Laurence Reid | 1,635 | 4.2 | N/A | |
UKIP | Tony Jenkins | 910 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 10,755 | 27.8 | -11.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,692 | 62.3 | +5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 62,122 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -6.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wayne David | 22,190 | 56.6 | -1.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 6,831 | 17.4 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Stephen Watson | 5,711 | 14.6 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ashgar Ali | 3,861 | 9.8 | +0.4 | |
Forward Wales | Graeme Beard | 636 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 15,359 | 39.2 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 39,229 | 58.6 | +0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 66,162 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Wayne David | 22,597 | 58.2 | -9.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 8,172 | 21.0 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | David Simmonds | 4,415 | 11.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rob Roffe | 3,649 | 9.4 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 14,425 | 37.2 | -19.9 | ||
Turnout | 38,833 | 57.7 | -12.4 | ||
Registered electors | 67,300 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ron Davies | 30,697 | 67.3 | +3.6 | |
Conservative | Rhodri Harris | 4,858 | 10.7 | −7.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 4,383 | 9.7 | +0.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Tony D. Ferguson | 3,724 | 8.2 | −0.3 | |
Referendum | Mark E. Morgan | 1,337 | 3.0 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Catherine Williams | 270 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 25,839 | 57.1 | +7.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,269 | 70.1 | -7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 64,621 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ron Davies | 31,713 | 63.7 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Howard L. Philpott | 9,041 | 18.1 | -1.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 4,821 | 9.7 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stan W. Wilson | 4,247 | 8.5 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 22,672 | 45.5 | +6.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,822 | 77.2 | +0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 64,529 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ron Davies | 28,698 | 58.44 | +12.83 | |
Conservative | Michael Powell | 9,531 | 19.41 | -0.24 | |
Liberal | Michael Butlin | 6,923 | 14.10 | -7.08 | |
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 3,955 | 8.05 | -5.51 | |
Majority | 19,167 | 39.03 | -14.06 | ||
Turnout | 49,107 | 76.55 | +2.04 | ||
Registered electors | 64,154 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ron Davies | 21,570 | 45.61 | -13.15 | |
Liberal | A Lambert | 10,017 | 21.18 | +13.79 | |
Conservative | C Welby | 9,295 | 19.65 | +0.73 | |
Plaid Cymru | Lindsay Whittle | 6,414 | 13.56 | +1.39 | |
Majority | 11,553 | 24.43 | -15.41 | ||
Turnout | 47,296 | 74.51 | -4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 63,479 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ednyfed Davies | 27,280 | 58.76 | +2.17 | |
Conservative | JO Ranelagh | 8,783 | 18.92 | +7.45 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 6,931 | 14.93 | -9.55 | |
Liberal | N Jones | 3,430 | 7.39 | -0.07 | |
Majority | 18,497 | 39.84 | +7.73 | ||
Turnout | 46,424 | 78.81 | +3.19 | ||
Registered electors | 58,908 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Evans | 24,161 | 56.59 | -0.62 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 10,452 | 24.48 | -3.06 | |
Conservative | Den Dover | 4,897 | 11.47 | -2.15 | |
Liberal | NH Lewis | 3,184 | 7.46 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,709 | 32.11 | +2.44 | ||
Turnout | 42,694 | 75.62 | +2.11 | ||
Registered electors | 56,462 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Evans | 24,838 | 57.21 | -4.61 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 11,956 | 27.54 | -0.94 | |
Conservative | R Everest | 5,912 | 13.62 | +3.92 | |
Independent (politician) | DH Bevan | 711 | 1.64 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,882 | 29.67 | +3.67 | ||
Turnout | 40,394 | 77.51 | +0.56 | ||
Registered electors | 56,013 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Evans | 24,972 | 61.82 | -12.43 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 11,505 | 28.48 | +17.07 | |
Conservative | Peter Price | 3,917 | 9.70 | -4.91 | |
Majority | 13,467 | 33.34 | -26.30 | ||
Turnout | 40,394 | 78.07 | +1.28 | ||
Registered electors | 51,741 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Evans | 16,148 | 45.66 | -28.59 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil Williams | 14,274 | 40.36 | +29.22 | |
Conservative | Robert Williams | 3,687 | 10.43 | -4.18 | |
Liberal | Peter Sadler | 1,257 | 3.55 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,874 | 5.30 | -54.35 | ||
Turnout | 35,366 | 75.9 | -0.89 | ||
Registered electors | 46,578 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 26,330 | 74.25 | +2.11 | |
Conservative | Ronald J Maddocks | 5,182 | 14.61 | -2.28 | |
Plaid Cymru | John D A Howell | 3,949 | 11.41 | +0.43 | |
Majority | 21,148 | 59.64 | +4.39 | ||
Turnout | 35,461 | 76.79 | +1.62 | ||
Registered electors | 46,180 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 26,001 | 72.14 | -0.51 | |
Conservative | Ronald J Maddocks | 6,086 | 16.89 | -1.64 | |
Plaid Cymru | Phil ling Williams | 3,956 | 10.98 | +2.16 | |
Majority | 19,915 | 55.25 | +1.13 | ||
Turnout | 36,043 | 78.41 | -4.63 | ||
Registered electors | 45,969 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 28,154 | 72.65 | -3.56 | |
Conservative | W Russell Lewis | 7,181 | 18.53 | -6.26 | |
Plaid Cymru | John D A Howell | 3,420 | 8.82 | N/A | |
Majority | 20,973 | 54.12 | +3.70 | ||
Turnout | 38,735 | 83.04 | +4.47 | ||
Registered electors | 46,671 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 27,852 | 75.21 | -1.94 | |
Conservative | John H Davies | 9,180 | 24.79 | +1.94 | |
Majority | 18,672 | 50.42 | -3.88 | ||
Turnout | 37,032 | 78.57 | -5.80 | ||
Registered electors | 47,131 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 30,523 | 77.15 | -0.38 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Gordon Knee | 9,041 | 22.85 | +0.38 | |
Majority | 21,482 | 54.30 | -0.77 | ||
Turnout | 39,564 | 84.37 | +0.09 | ||
Registered electors | 46,893 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 30,270 | 77.53 | -2.49 | |
Conservative | KJ Lloyd | 8,771 | 22.47 | +2.49 | |
Majority | 21,499 | 55.07 | -4.37 | ||
Turnout | 39,041 | 84.28 | +7.07 | ||
Registered electors | 46,321 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 29,158 | 80.22 | +3.97 | |
Conservative | John Frederick Manuel de Courcy | 7,189 | 19.78 | -3.97 | |
Majority | 21,969 | 60.44 | +7.94 | ||
Turnout | 36,347 | 77.21 | +4.89 | ||
Registered electors | 47,078 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ness Edwards | 19,847 | 67.98 | -8.27 | |
Conservative | Ronald Bell | 9,349 | 32.02 | +8.27 | |
Majority | 10,498 | 35.96 | -16.54 | ||
Turnout | 29,196 | 68.40 | -3.92 | ||
Registered electors | 42,678 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Jones | 24,846 | 76.25 | +8.63 | |
Conservative | GT Stoneham | 7,738 | 23.75 | -8.63 | |
Majority | 17,108 | 52.50 | +17.26 | ||
Turnout | 32,584 | 72.32 | -4.30 | ||
Registered electors | 45,057 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Jones | 23,061 | 67.62 | +9.72 | |
Conservative | Catherine Bowen-Davies | 11,044 | 32.38 | -9.72 | |
Majority | 12,017 | 35.24 | -0.26 | ||
Turnout | 34,105 | 76.62 | -5.48 | ||
Registered electors | 44,509 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Jones | 21,248 | 57.9 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | Alice Grace Roberts | 8,190 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Unionist | Owen Temple-Morris | 6,357 | 17.4 | -23.6 | |
Communist | J R Wilson | 829 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 13,058 | 35.5 | +17.5 | ||
Turnout | 36,624 | 81.1 | +1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 45,173 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Jones | 17,723 | 59.0 | +0.3 | |
Unionist | Gwilym Rowlands | 12,293 | 41.0 | +18.0 | |
Majority | 5,430 | 18.0 | -17.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,996 | 79.3 | +2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 37,868 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Jones | 16,535 | 58.7 | +1.5 | |
Unionist | Gwilym Rowlands | 6,493 | 23.0 | -19.8 | |
Liberal | Samuel Roberts Jenkins | 5,152 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 10,042 | 35.7 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 28,180 | 77.0 | -1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 36,592 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Jones | 16,082 | 57.2 | +3.0 | |
Unionist | Alan McLean | 12,057 | 42.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,025 | 14.4 | -4.3 | ||
Turnout | 28,139 | 78.6 | +5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 35,795 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Morgan Jones | 13,699 | 54.2 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | William Rees Edmunds | 8,958 | 35.5 | -9.7 | |
Communist | Bob Stewart | 2,592 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,741 | 18.7 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,249 | 73.2 | +9.2 | ||
Registered electors | 34,511 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Onions | 11,496 | 54.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Rees Edmunds | 9,482 | 45.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,014 | 9.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,978 | 64.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 32,790 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
- ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated & Notice of Poll". Caerphilly County Borough Council. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ "Caerphilly result". General Election 2015 - Results for Caerphilly constituency. Caerphilly County Borough Council. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- 1 2 http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/caerphilly-2015.html
- ↑ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/ukip-set-up-shop-merthyr-8305247
- ↑ https://meetyournextmp.com/human/1678-leo-docherty
- ↑ http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/948560/green-party-reveal-caerphilly-and-islwyn-2015-general-election-candidates/
- ↑ http://www.libdems.org.uk/general_election_candidates#South West
- ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ↑ Caerphilly BBC Election - Caerphilly
- ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
- ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ↑ "1968 By Election Results". British Elections Ephemera Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
External links
- Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
- Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
- 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
- A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
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