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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1885 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the English and later British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda.
Glamorganshire | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1536–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Replaced by | East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda |
This constituency comprised the whole of Glamorganshire.
For most of its history, the county constituency was represented by landowners from a small number of aristocratic families and this pattern continued until the nineteenth century. Following the Great Reform Act of 1832 a second county seat was created.
By the 1850s it had become virtually impossible for a Tory candidate to be elected as a county member since the industrial and urban vote could be rallied against him. This was proved in 1857 when Nash Vaughan Edwards-Vaughan failed in his attempt to dislodge one of the sitting members.[1] Thereafter, until redistribution in 1885 led to the abolition of the constituency, the representation was shared by C.R.M. Talbot and Hussey Vivian. In line with Liberal party policy in two-member constituencies to run candidates from both wings of the party, the Whig aristocrat Talbot collaborated well with the more Radical Vivian.[1]
Election | First member | 1st Party | 2nd member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | representation increased to two members under the Reform Act 1832 | |||||
1832 | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Whig[2][3][4][5] | Lewis Weston Dillwyn | Whig[2][4][3][6][7] | ||
1837 | Edwin Wyndham-Quin, Viscount Adare | Conservative[2][8] | ||||
1851 | George Tyler | Conservative[8] | ||||
1857 | Sir Henry Vivian | Whig[9][10][11] | ||||
1859 | Liberal[8] | Liberal[8] | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished: see East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 3,000 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 3,000 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Lewis Weston Dillwyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,680 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Lewis Weston Dillwyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,611 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Wyndham-Quin | 2,009 | 37.3 | ||
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | 1,794 | 33.3 | ||
Whig | John Josiah Guest | 1,590 | 29.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,601 | 82.3 | |||
Registered electors | 4,373 | ||||
Majority | 215 | 4.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
Majority | 204 | 3.8 | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Wyndham-Quin | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,384 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edwin Wyndham-Quin | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,775 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Wyndham-Quin was appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Tyler | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Tyler | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,424 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | 3,161 | 38.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Vivian | 3,002 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nash Vaughan Edwards-Vaughan[13] | 2,088 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 914 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,170 (est) | 81.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,356 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,600 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,759 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 11,329 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Vivian | 4,100 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | 4,040 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ivor Guest | 3,355 | 29.2 | New | |
Majority | 685 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,425 (est) | 74.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,006 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 12,811 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
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