Cardiff South (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Cardiff South East and Cardiff West |
Created from | Cardiff |
Cardiff South was a borough constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. Its final MP was Labour's James Callaghan, elected in 1945 at the age of 33, who would go on to serve the party until 1987, including a spell as prime minister from 1976 to 1979 after several roles in the governments of Harold Wilson.
Boundaries[]
The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Grangetown, and South, and the Urban District of Penarth.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1918 | James Cory | Unionist | |
1923 | Arthur Henderson junior | Labour | |
1924 | Arthur Evans | Unionist | |
1929 | Arthur Henderson junior | Labour | |
1931 | Arthur Evans | Conservative | |
1945 | James Callaghan | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Herbert Cory | 7,922 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | Joshua Thomas Clatworthy | 4,303 | 26.3 | ||
Liberal | Edward Curran | 4,126 | 25.2 | ||
Majority | 3,619 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 16,351 | 57.8 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir James Herbert Cory | 7,929 | 36.4 | -12.1 | |
Liberal | Bernard Cyril Freyberg | 6,996 | 32.2 | +7.0 | |
Labour | David Graham Pole | 6,831 | 31.9 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 933 | 4.2 | -17.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,756 | 74.9 | +17.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 7,899 | 37.9 | +6.0 | |
Unionist | Sir James Herbert Cory | 7,473 | 35.8 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | Walter Thomas Layton | 5,474 | 26.3 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 426 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,846 | 70.6 | -4.3 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Arthur Evans | 11,542 | 49.8 | +14.0 | |
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 9,324 | 40.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | David Evans George Davies | 2,287 | 9.9 | -16.4 | |
Majority | 2,218 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,253 | 78.8 | +8.2 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 13,686 | 45.3 | +5.0 | |
Unionist | E T Nethercoat | 10,030 | 33.1 | -16.7 | |
Liberal | C J Cole | 6,550 | 21.6 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 3,656 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,266 | 79.4 | +0.6 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.1 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Arthur Evans | 17,976 | 59.8 | +26.7 | |
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 12,092 | 40.2 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 5,884 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,068 | 77.8 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Arthur Evans | 14,925 | 50.9 | -8.9 | |
Labour | Harry Louis Nathan | 14,384 | 49.1 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 541 | 1.8 | -17.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,309 | 75.8 | -2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
General 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 and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Henry Arthur Evans
- Labour: Sir William Allen Jowitt[8]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Callaghan | 17,489 | 60.2 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Arthur Evans | 11,545 | 39.8 | -11.1 | |
Majority | 5,944 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,034 | 73.9 | -1.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
References[]
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- ^ Report of the Annual Conference, 1939
- ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- Politics of Cardiff
- History of Glamorgan
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950