User:BrownHairedGirl/List of United Kingdom by-elections in Wales

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By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause
Radnor Boroughs 25 February 1869 Richard Green-Price Liberal Marquess of Hartington Liberal Resignation
Brecon 24 April 1869[note 1] Howel Gwyn Conservative Lord Hyde Liberal Void election
Merionethshire 17 January 1870 David Williams Liberal Samuel Holland Liberal Death
Brecon 13 June 1870[note 2] Lord Hyde Liberal James Gwynne-Holford Conservative Succession to a peerage
Monmouthshire 4 March 1871[note 3] Poulett Somerset Conservative Lord Henry Somerset Conservative Resignation
Flintshire 2 March 1872[note 3] Lord Richard Grosvenor Liberal Lord Richard Grosvenor Liberal Vice-Chamberlain of the Household[note 4]
Flint Boroughs 16 October 1872[note 3] Sir John Hanmer Liberal Robert Cunliffe Liberal Elevation to the peerage
Haverfordwest Boroughs 24 November 1873 The Lord Kensington Liberal The Lord Kensington Liberal Parliamentary Groom in Waiting[note 4]
Monmouthshire 17 March 1874[note 3] Lord Henry Somerset Conservative Lord Henry Somerset Conservative Comptroller of the Household[note 4]
Haverfordwest 12 June 1874[note 3] The Lord Kensington Liberal The Lord Kensington Liberal Void Election
Breconshire 20 May 1875[note 5] Godfrey Morgan Conservative William Fuller-Maitland Liberal Succession to a peerage
Pembrokeshire 26 June 1876 John Scourfield Conservative James Bevan Bowen Conservative Death
Carmarthen Boroughs 14 August 1876[note 3][note 5] Charles William Nevill Conservative Arthur Cowell-Stepney Liberal Resignation
Montgomery Boroughs 15 May 1877 Hon. Charles Hanbury-Tracy Liberal |Hon. Frederick Hanbury-Tracy Liberal Succession to a peerage
Carmarthen Boroughs 11 May 1878[note 3] Sir Arthur Cowell-Stepney Liberal Benjamin Thomas Williams Liberal Resignation
Flint Boroughs 5 July 1878 Peter Ellis Eyton Liberal |John Roberts Liberal Death
Haverfordwest Boroughs 12 May 1880[note 3] The Lord Kensington Liberal The Lord Kensington Liberal Comptroller of the Household[note 4]
Denbighshire 14 May 1880[note 3] George Osborne Morgan Liberal George Osborne Morgan Liberal Judge Advocate General[note 4]
Radnor Boroughs 14 May 1880 Marquess of Hartington Liberal Samuel Williams Liberal Double Election, Chose to sit for North East Lancashire
Caernarvonshire 30 November 1880 Charles James Watkin Williams Liberal |William Rathbone Liberal Resignation (Judge of Queen's Bench Division of High Court)
Carmarthen Boroughs 7 January 1882[note 3] Benjamin Thomas Williams Liberal John Jones Jenkins Liberal Resignation (county court Judge)
Caernarvon Boroughs 28 March 1882 William Bulkeley Hughes Liberal Love Jones-Parry Liberal Death
Radnor Boroughs 30 October 1884[note 3] Samuel Williams Liberal Charles Rogers Liberal Resignation
Denbighshire 27 May 1885[note 3] Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Conservative Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn Conservative Death
Cardiff Boroughs 27 February 1886 Sir Edward James Reed Liberal Sir Edward James Reed Liberal Junior Lord of the Treasury[note 4]
Flintshire 2 March 1886 Lord Richard de Aquila Grosvenor Liberal Samuel Smith Liberal Resignation
Merthyr Tydfil 14 March 1888[note 3] Charles Herbert James Liberal David Alfred Thomas Liberal Resignation
Gower 27 March 1888 Frank Ash Yeo Liberal David Randell Liberal Death
Merthyr Tydfil6 26 October 1888 Henry Richard Liberal William Pritchard Morgan Independent Liberal Death
West Carmarthenshire 17 July 1889 Walter Rice Howell Powell Liberal John Lloyd Morgan Liberal Death
Caernarvon Boroughs4 10 April 1890 Edward Swetenham Conservative David Lloyd George Liberal Death
East Carmarthenshire 8 August 18901 David Pugh Liberal Abel Thomas Liberal Death
Merionethshire 26 August 18921 Thomas Edward Ellis Liberal Thomas Edward Ellis Liberal Lord Commissioner of the Treasury2
Swansea District 19 June 18931 Sir Henry Hussey Vivian Liberal William Williams Liberal Elevation to the peerage
Cardiganshire 4 July 18931 William Bowen Rowlands Liberal William Bowen Rowlands Liberal Recorder of Swansea2
Montgomeryshire 29 March 1894 Stuart Rendel Liberal Arthur Humphreys-Owen Liberal Elevation to the peerage
East Denbighshire 28 September 1897 Sir George Osborne Morgan Liberal Samuel Moss Liberal Death
Pembrokeshire 15 February 1898 William Rees Morgan Davies Liberal John Wynford Philipps Liberal Resignation
Merionethshire 2 May 18991 Thomas Edward Ellis Liberal Owen Morgan Edwards Liberal Death
Monmouth 7 May 1901 Frederick Rutherfoord Harris Conservative Joseph Lawrence Conservative Unseated on petition
West Monmouthshire 3 November 1904 Sir William Harcourt Liberal Thomas Richards Lib-Lab Death
Eifion 5 June 1906[note 3] John Bryn Roberts Liberal Ellis William Davies Liberal Resignation
East Denbighshire 14 August 1906 Samuel Moss Liberal Edward Hemmerde Liberal Resignation
Mid Glamorganshire 8 October 1906[note 3] Samuel Thomas Evans Liberal Samuel Thomas Evans Liberal Recorder of Swansea
North Monmouthshire 19 February 1907[note 3] Reginald McKenna Liberal Reginald McKenna Liberal Appointed President of the Board of Education[note 4]
Anglesey 21 August 1907[note 3] Ellis Griffith Liberal Ellis Griffith Liberal Recorder of Birkenhead
Mid Glamorganshire 7 February 1908[note 3] Samuel Thomas Evans Liberal Samuel Thomas Evans Liberal Solicitor-General for England and Wales[note 4]
West Carmarthenshire 26 February 1908[note 3] John Lloyd Morgan Liberal John Lloyd Morgan Liberal Recorder of Swansea
Pembrokeshire 16 July 1908 John Philipps Liberal Walter Roch Liberal Elevation to the peerage
East Denbighshire 2 April 1909 Edward Hemmerde Liberal Edward Hemmerde Liberal Recorder of Liverpool
Swansea District 28 February 1910[note 3] Sir David Brynmor Jones Liberal Sir David Brynmor Jones Liberal Recorder of Merthyr Tydvil
Mid Glamorganshire 31 March 1910 Sir Samuel Thomas Evans Liberal Frederick Gibbins Liberal President of the Probate and Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice
Arfon 11 February 1911[note 3] William Jones Liberal William Jones Liberal Commissioner of the Treasury[note 4]
Carmarthen District 29 January 1912 W. Llewelyn Williams Liberal W. Llewelyn Williams Liberal Recorder of Swansea
East Carmarthenshire 22 August 1912 Abel Thomas Liberal Rev Josiah Towyn Jones Liberal Death
Flint Boroughs 21 January 1913 James Summers Liberal Thomas Henry Parry Liberal Death
Swansea District 13 August 1914[note 3] Sir David Brynmor Jones Liberal Sir David Brynmor Jones Liberal Recorder of Cardiff
Swansea District 6 February 1915[note 3] David Brynmor Jones Liberal Thomas Jeremiah Williams Liberal Master in Lunacy
Carmarthen Boroughs 17 March 1915[note 3] W. Llewelyn Williams Liberal W. Llewelyn Williams Liberal Recorder of Cardiff
Arfon 6 July 1915[note 3] William Jones Liberal Griffith Rees Liberal Death
Cardiff 12 November 1915[note 3] Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart Conservative James Cory Conservative Killed in action
Merthyr Tydfil 25 November 1915 Keir Hardie Labour Charles Stanton Independent Labour Death
South Monmouthshire 13 July 1917 Sir Ivor Herbert Liberal Sir Abraham Garrod Thomas Liberal Elevation
Swansea East 10 July 1919 Thomas Jeremiah Williams National Liberal David Matthews National Liberal Death
Ebbw Vale 26 July 1920[note 3] Thomas Richards Labour Evan Davies Labour Resignation
Rhondda West 21 December 1920 William Abraham Labour William John Labour Resignation
Abertillery 21 December 1920 William Brace Labour George Barker Labour Resignation
Cardiganshire 18 February 1921 Matthew Vaughan-Davies National Liberal Ernest Evans National Liberal Elevated to the peerage
Caerphilly 24 August 1921 Alfred Onions Labour Morgan Jones Labour Death
Gower 20 July 1922 John Williams Labour David Grenfell Labour Death
Pontypridd 25 July 1922[note 6] Thomas Arthur Lewis National Liberal Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones Labour Appointed as a Junior Lord of the Treasury
Newport (Monmouthshire) 18 October 1922[note 6] Lewis Haslam National Liberal Reginald Clarry Conservative Death
Anglesey 7 April 1923[note 7] Owen Thomas Independent Labour Robert Thomas Liberal Death
Carmarthen 14 August 1924 Ellis Ellis-Griffith Liberal Alfred Mond Liberal Resignation
Carmarthen 28 June 1928[note 8] Alfred Mond Liberal/Conservative William Nathaniel Jones Liberal Elevation to the Hereditary Peerage
Pontypridd 19 March 1931 Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones Labour David Lewis Davies Labour Resignation
Ogmore 19 May 1931 Vernon Hartshorn Labour Edward Williams Labour Death
Cardiganshire 22 September 1932 Rhys Hopkin Morris Liberal Owen Evans Liberal Appointment as a Metropolitan Police magistrate
Rhondda East 28 March 1933 David Watts-Morgan Labour William Mainwaring Labour Death
Merthyr 5 June 1934[note 9] Richard Wallhead Ind. Labour Party / Labour S. O. Davies Labour Death
Monmouth 14 June 1934 Leolin Forestier-Walker Conservative J. A. Herbert Conservative Death
Llanelli 26 March 1936 John Williams Labour Jim Griffiths Labour Death
Pontypridd 11 February 1938 David Lewis Davies Labour Arthur Pearson Labour Death
Caerphilly 4 July 1939 Morgan Jones Labour Ness Edwards Labour Death
Monmouth 25 July 1939 John Herbert Conservative Leslie Pym Conservative Appointment as Governor of Bengal
Brecon and Radnorshire 1 August 1939[note 10] Ivor Guest National William Jackson Labour Succession to the peerage
Swansea East 5 February 1940[note 3] David Williams Labour David Mort Labour Resignation (ill-health)
Carmarthen 26 March 1941[note 3] Daniel Hopkin Labour Ronw Hughes Labour Appointment as a Metropolitan Police Magistrate
Cardiff East 13 April 1942[note 11] Owen Temple-Morris Conservative Sir P. J. Grigg National Appointment as a County Court Judge
Llandaff and Barry 10 June 19421 Patrick Munro Conservative Cyril Lakin Conservative Death (active service)
University of Wales 30 January 1943 Ernest Evans Liberal William John Gruffydd Liberal Appointment as a County Court Judge
Caernarvon Boroughs 26 April 1945[note 12] David Lloyd George Liberal Seaborne Davies Liberal Elevation to the peerage
Neath 15 May 1945 William Jenkins Labour D. J. Williams Labour Death
Newport 17 May 1945[note 12] Reginald Clarry Conservative Ronald Bell Conservative Death
Monmouth 31 October 1945[note 13] Leslie Pym Conservative Peter Thorneycroft Conservative Death
Ogmore 4 June 1946 Edward Williams Labour John Evans Labour Australian High Commissioner
Pontypool 23 July 1946 Arthur Jenkins Labour Daniel West Labour Death
Aberdare 5 December 1946 George Hall Labour David Thomas Labour Elevation to hereditary peerage
Abertillery 30 November 1950 George Daggar Labour Llywelyn Williams Labour Death
Aberdare 28 October 1954 David Thomas Labour Arthur Probert Labour Death
Wrexham 17 March 1955 Robert Richards Labour Idwal Jones Labour Death
Newport 6 July 1956 Peter Freeman Labour Sir Frank Soskice Labour Death
Carmarthen 28 February 1957[note 14] Rhys Hopkin Morris Liberal Megan Lloyd George Labour Death
Pontypool 10 November 1958 Granville West Labour Leo Abse Labour Elevation to a life peerage
Ebbw Vale 17 November 1960 Aneurin Bevan Labour Michael Foot Labour Death
Montgomeryshire 15 May 1962 Clement Davies Liberal Emlyn Hooson Liberal Death
Swansea East 28 March 1963 David Mort Labour Neil McBride Labour Death
Abertillery 1 April 1965 Llywelyn Williams Labour Clifford Williams Labour Death
Carmarthen 14 July 1966[note 15] Megan Lloyd George Labour Gwynfor Evans Plaid Cymru Death
Rhondda West 9 March 1967 Iorwerth Thomas Labour Alec Jones Labour Death
Caerphilly 18 July 1968 Ness Edwards Labour Alfred Evans Labour Death
Merthyr Tydfil 13 April 1972[note 16] S. O. Davies Independent Labour Edward Rowlands Labour Death
Gower 16 September 1982 Ifor Davies Labour Gareth Wardell Labour Death
Cynon Valley 3 May 1984 Ioan Evans Labour Ann Clwyd Labour Death
Brecon and Radnor 4 July 1985[note 17] Tom Hooson Conservative Richard Livsey Liberal Death
Pontypridd 23 February 1989 Brynmor John Labour Kim Howells Labour Death
Vale of Glamorgan 4 May 1989[note 18] Sir Raymond Gower Conservative John Smith Labour Death
Neath 4 April 1991 Donald Coleman Labour Peter Hain Labour Death
Monmouth 16 May 1991[note 18] Sir John Stradling Thomas Conservative Huw Edwards Labour Death
Islwyn 16 February 1995 Neil Kinnock Labour Don Touhig Labour Appointment as European Commissioner
Ceredigion 3 February 2000 Cynog Dafis Plaid Cymru Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru Resignation following election to the Welsh Assembly
Ogmore 14 February 2002 Sir Ray Powell Labour Huw Irranca-Davies Labour Death (unknown; probable asthma attack)
Blaenau Gwent 29 June 2006 Peter Law Independent Dai Davies Independent Death (cancer)
Cardiff South and Penarth 15 November 2012 Alun Michael Labour Stephen Doughty Labour Resignation to contest South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner election
Ogmore 5 May 2016 Huw Irranca-Davies Labour Christopher Elmore[1] Labour Resigned to contest the Welsh Assembly election.[2]
Newport West 4 April 2019 Paul Flynn Labour Ruth Jones Labour Death (long illness).[3]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Gain not retained at the 1874 general election
  2. ^ Gain retained at the 1874 general election
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac An uncontested by-election.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Seat vacated on appointment to the office noted.
  5. ^ a b Gain retained at the 1880 general election
  6. ^ a b Gain retained at the 1922 general election.
  7. ^ Gain retained at the 1923 general election.
  8. ^ Alfred Mond was elected in the 1924 general election as a Liberal but moved to the Conservative Party in Parliament. The Liberals retook his seat in the by-election but lost it to Labour in the 1929 general election.
  9. ^ Gain retained at the 1935 general election.
  10. ^ Gain retained at the 1945 general election.
  11. ^ Grigg was the newly appointed Secretary of State for War and nominally took Cardiff East from the Conservatives but lost it to Labour in the 1945 general election.
  12. ^ a b Gain not retained at the 1945 general election.
  13. ^ Leslie Pym died after the close of polling, but before the declaration. He was returned at the head of the poll in his constituency, and declared elected posthumously.
  14. ^ Gain retained at the 1959 general election.
  15. ^ Gain not retained at the 1970 general election.
  16. ^ Gain retained at the February 1974 general election.
  17. ^ Gain retained at the 1987 general election.
  18. ^ a b Gain not retained at the 1992 general election.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Labour holds in Ogmore by-election with 52% of the vote". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Elmore selected as Labour candidate in Ogmore by-election". ITV News. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Tributes as Newport West Labour MP Paul Flynn dies aged 84". BBC News. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

Sources[edit]


*List Wales By-elections

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