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19 December 1832		2,525
Rt Hon Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Tory	Unopposed

12 January 1835		2,737
Rt Hon Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 August 1837		2,819
Rt Hon Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 July 1841		2,936
Rt Hon Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

6 August 1847		3,214
Rt Hon Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 September 1850 Death of Rt Hon Charles Williams-Wynn.

11 October 1850
Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

16 July 1852		2,986
Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

2 April 1857		2,872
Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 May 1859		2,723
Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

22 June 1862 Death of Herbert Williams Wynn.

14 July 1862		2,228/2,675	83.29
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	1,269	56.96
Hon Sudeley Charles George Hanbury Tracy	Liberal Party	959	43.04
Majority		310	13.91

13 July 1865		3,339
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

19 November 1868		4,810
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 February 1874		4,810
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	Unopposed

9 April 1880		4,273/5,291	80.76
Stuart Rendel	Liberal Party	2,232	52.23
Charles Watkin Williams Wynn	Conservative Party	2,041	47.77
Majority		191	4.47

5 December 1885		7,433/8,870	83.80
Stuart Rendel	Liberal Party	4,044	54.41
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn	Conservative Party	3,389	45.59
Majority		655	8.81

14 July 1886		7,019/8,870	79.13
Stuart Rendel	Liberal Party	3,799	54.12
Devereux Herbert Mylton	Conservative Party	3,220	45.88
Majority		579	8.25

13 July 1892		6,514/8,880	73.36
Stuart Rendel	Liberal Party	3,667	56.29
Devereux Herbert Mylton	Conservative Party	2,847	43.71
Majority		820	12.59

15 March 1894 Resignation of Stuart Rendel. (Northstead)

29 March 1894		6,655/8,092	82.24
Arthur Charles Humphreys-Owen	Liberal Party	3,440	51.69
Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn	Conservative Party	3,215	48.31
Majority		225	3.38

20 July 1895		6,857/7,989	85.83
Arthur Charles Humphreys-Owen	Liberal Party	3,442	50.20
Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn	Conservative Party	3,415	49.80
Majority		27	0.39

12 October 1900		6,700/7,915	84.65
Arthur Charles Humphreys-Owen	Liberal Party	3,482	51.97
Robert William Herbert Watkin Williams-Wynn	Conservative Party	3,218	48.03
Majority		264	3.94

9 December 1905 Death of Arthur Humphreys-Owen.

18 January 1906		7,843
David Davies	Liberal Party	Unopposed

27 January 1910		7,066/7,928	89.13
David Davies	Liberal Party	4,369	61.83
Arthur Watkin Williams-Wynn	Conservative Party	2,697	38.17
Majority		1,672	23.66

5 December 1910		7,928
David Davies	Liberal Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
14 December 1918		24,949
David Davies	Liberal Party	Unopposed

David Davies was issued with the Coalition "coupon" but repudiated it.

15 November 1922		23,802
David Davies	Liberal Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		24,126
David Davies	Liberal Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		19,326/24,338	79.41
David Davies	Liberal Party	14,942	77.32
Arthur Davies	Labour Party	4,384	22.68
Majority		10,558	54.63

November 1926 David Davies announced that he would not be willing to seek re-election as a Liberal candidate because of Lloyd George's policies. There is no evidence of him actually relinquishing the Liberal whip and, until the dissolution, he remained nominally a Liberal member.

30 May 1929		27,499/31,142	88.30
Edward Clement Davies	Liberal Party	12,779	46.47
John Murray Naylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,651	38.73
John Evans	Labour Party	4,069	14.80
Majority		2,128	7.74

27 October 1931		31,184
Edward Clement Davies	National Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		31,034
Edward Clement Davies	National Liberal Party	Unopposed

December 1939 Clement Davies resigns the National Liberal Whip.

August 1942 Clement Davies accepts the Liberal Whip.

5 July 1945		24,913/32,190	77.39
Edward Clement Davies	Liberal Party	14,018	56.27
Philip Loscombe Wintringham Owen	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,895	43.73
Majority		3,123	12.54

2 August 1945 Clement Davies appointed leader of the Liberal Party.

23 February 1950		28,092/32,372	86.78
Rt Hon Edward Clement Davies	Liberal Party	14,401	51.26
Harry West	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,621	27.13
John David Williams	Labour Party	6,070	21.61
Majority		6,780	24.13

25 October 1951		24,659/32,387	76.14
Rt Hon Edward Clement Davies	Liberal Party	17,075	69.24
David Caradog Jones	Labour Party	7,584	30.76
Majority		9,491	38.49

26 May 1955		23,542/31,983	73.61
Rt Hon Edward Clement Davies	Liberal Party	16,021	68.05
David Caradog Jones	Labour Party	7,521	31.95
Majority		8,500	36.11

8 October 1959		26,096/31,154	83.76
Rt Hon Edward Clement Davies	Liberal Party	10,970	42.04
Frank Leslie Morgan	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,176	31.33
David Caradog Jones	Labour Party	6,950	26.63
Majority		2,794	10.71

23 March 1962 Death of Clement Davies.

15 May 1962		25,436/30,202	84.22
Hugh Emlyn Hooson	Liberal Party	13,181	51.82
Robert H Dawson	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,362	21.08
Tudor Davies	Labour Party	5,299	20.83
Rev Islwyn ffowc Elis	Plaid Cymru	1,594	6.27
Majority		7,819	30.74

15 October 1964		25,369/30,154	84.13
Hugh Emlyn Hooson	Liberal Party	10,738	42.33
Alfred William Wiggin	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,768	26.68
Gwynfryn Morris Evans	Labour Party	5,696	22.45
Rev Islwyn ffowc Elis	Plaid Cymru	2,167	8.54
Majority		3,970	15.65

31 March 1966		24,789/29,951	82.77
Hugh Emlyn Hooson	Liberal Party	10,273	41.44
Alfred William Wiggin	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,784	27.37
Gwynfryn Morris Evans	Labour Party	5,891	23.76
Trefor Edwards	Plaid Cymru	1,841	7.43
Majority		3,489	14.07

18 June 1970		26,573/32,304	82.26
Hugh Emlyn Hooson	Liberal Party	10,202	38.39
David John Delwyn Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,891	29.70
David Wynne Thomas	Labour Party	5,335	20.08
Edward Glynne Millward	Plaid Cymru	3,145	11.84
Majority		2,311	8.70