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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		39,493/45,599	86.61
Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,088	48.33
David Vincent Leadbetter	Labour Party	12,369	31.32
William Armon Ellis	Liberal Party	8,036	20.35
Majority		6,719	17.01

25 October 1951		38,551/46,322	83.22
Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,433	60.78
David Vincent Leadbetter	Labour Party	15,118	39.22
Majority		8,315	21.57

26 May 1955		37,668/46,529	80.96
Rt Hon Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,980	55.70
Hywel Glynne-Jones	Labour Party	12,628	33.52
Gomer Owen	Liberal Party	4,060	10.78
Majority		8,352	22.17

8 October 1959		39,284/47,490	82.72
Rt Hon Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,446	52.05
Ronald Gough Waterhouse	Labour Party	12,925	32.90
Llewellyn Emrys Roberts	Liberal Party	4,319	10.99
Ernest Nefyl Corpach Williams	Plaid Cymru	1,594	4.06
Majority		7,521	19.15

15 October 1964		40,490/50,147	80.74
Rt Hon Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,515	45.73
William Henry Edwards	Labour Party	13,298	32.84
Donald Martin Thomas	Liberal Party	7,482	18.48
Ernest Nefyl Corpach Williams	Plaid Cymru	1,195	2.95
Majority		5,217	12.88

31 March 1966		42,038/51,346	81.87
Rt Hon Evelyn Nigel Chetwode Birch	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,179	43.24
Robert Thomas Ellis	Labour Party	15,137	36.01
Donald Martin Thomas	Liberal Party	7,137	16.98
David Alun Lloyd	Plaid Cymru	1,585	3.77
Majority		3,042	7.24

18 June 1970		45,199/58,115	77.78
Sir Anthony John Charles Meyer, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,999	46.46
John Gilbert Evans	Labour Party	13,655	30.21
Donald Martin Thomas	Liberal Party	7,437	16.45
Dr Alun Ogwen Jones	Plaid Cymru	3,108	6.88
Majority		7,344	16.25