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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		27,374/39,259	69.73
Sir Robert John Thomas, Bt	Liberal Party - Coalition	20,874	76.25
Hugh Hughes	Labour Party	6,500	23.75
Majority		14,374	52.51

15 November 1922		33,290/39,446	84.39
Robert Richards	Labour Party	11,940	35.87
Evan Robert Davies	National Liberal Party	10,842	32.57
Richard Conan Roberts	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,508	31.57
Majority		1,098	3.30

6 December 1923		33,086/40,789	81.12
Robert Richards	Labour Party	12,918	39.04
Horace Alexander Morgan	Liberal Party	11,037	33.36
Edmund Fleming Bushby	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,131	27.60
Majority		1,881	5.69

29 October 1924		34,445/41,686	82.63
Christmas Price Williams	Liberal Party	19,154	55.61
Robert Richards	Labour Party	15,291	44.39
Majority		3,863	11.21

30 May 1929		44,401/52,310	84.88
Robert Richards	Labour Party	20,584	46.36
Christmas Price Williams	Liberal Party	13,997	31.52
Sir Edmund Fleming Bushby	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,820	22.12
Majority		6,587	14.84

27 October 1931		43,127/54,048	79.79
Aled Owen Roberts	Liberal Party	22,474	52.11
Robert Richards	Labour Party	20,653	47.89
Majority		1,821	4.22

14 November 1935		42,017/55,665	75.48
Robert Richards	Labour Party	23,650	56.29
Aled Owen Roberts	Liberal Party	18,367	43.71
Majority		5,283	12.57

5 July 1945		47,958/62,446	76.80
Robert Richards	Labour Party	26,854	55.99
David Leslie Milne	National Liberal Party	13,714	28.60
John David Williams	Liberal Party	6,960	14.51
John Rathbone Hayes-Jones	Independent	430	0.90
Majority		13,140	27.40

John Hayes-Jones advocated a policy of Welsh nationalism.

23 February 1950		55,406/63,455	87.32
Robert Richards	Labour Party	32,042	57.83
Willoughby Gervase Cooper	National Liberal and Conservative Party	14,117	25.48
Dr Herbert Mostyn Lewis	Liberal Party	8,287	14.96
Geraint Bowen	Plaid Cymru	960	1.73
Majority		17,925	32.35

25 October 1951		54,880/64,736	84.78
Robert Richards	Labour Party	33,759	61.51
Willoughby Gervase Cooper	National Liberal and Conservative Party	19,124	34.85
Adolphus Daniel Thomas	Plaid Cymru	1,997	3.64
Majority		14,635	26.67

22 December 1954 Death of Robert Richards.

17 March 1955		40,450/64,788	62.43
James Idwal Jones	Labour Party	23,402	57.85
Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones	National Liberal and Conservative Party	12,476	30.84
Dafydd Elystan Morgan	Plaid Cymru	4,572	11.30
Majority		10,926	27.01

26 May 1955		49,370/64,788	76.20
James Idwal Jones	Labour Party	27,945	56.60
Griffith Winston Guthrie Jones	National Liberal and Conservative Party	16,286	32.99
Dafydd Elystan Morgan	Plaid Cymru	5,139	10.41
Majority		11,659	23.62

8 October 1959		53,824/66,150	81.37
James Idwal Jones	Labour Party	30,101	55.92
Griffith Hughes Pierce	National Liberal and Conservative Party	17,144	31.85
Dafydd Elystan Morgan	Plaid Cymru	6,579	12.22
Majority		12,957	24.07

15 October 1964		52,391/66,530	78.75
James Idwal Jones	Labour Party	30,478	58.17
Griffith Hughes Pierce	National Liberal and Conservative Party	17,240	32.91
John Richard Thomas	Plaid Cymru	4,673	8.92
Majority		13,238	25.27

31 March 1966		51,283/66,441	77.19
James Idwal Jones	Labour Party	30,039	58.57
Griffith Hughes Pierce	National Liberal and Conservative Party	12,596	24.56
Wilfred McBriar	Liberal Party	6,351	12.38
John Richard Thomas	Plaid Cymru	2,297	4.48
Majority		17,443	34.01

18 June 1970		54,699/72,744	75.19
Robert Thomas Ellis	Labour Party	31,089	56.84
George Patterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,649	28.61
Wilfred McBriar	Liberal Party	5,067	9.26
Cyril Golding	Plaid Cymru	2,894	5.29
Majority		15,440	28.23

28 February 1974		58,606/75,522	77.60
Robert Thomas Ellis	Labour Party	27,384	46.73
John Lawrence Pritchard	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,301	24.40
Martin Thomas	Liberal Party	14,297	24.40
Hywel Wyn Roberts	Plaid Cymru	2,624	4.48
Majority		13,083	22.32

10 October 1974		56,514/76,089	74.27
Robert Thomas Ellis	Labour Party	28,885	51.11
Martin Thomas	Liberal Party	12,519	22.15
John Lawrence Pritchard	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,251	21.68
Hywel Wyn Roberts	Plaid Cymru	2,859	5.06
Majority		16,366	28.96

3 May 1979		61,790/78,771	78.44
Robert Thomas Ellis	Labour Party	30,405	49.21
Roger Henry William Graham-Palmer	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,256	29.55
Martin Thomas	Liberal Party	11,389	18.43
Hywel Wyn Roberts	Plaid Cymru	1,740	2.82
Majority		12,149	19.66

20 February 1981 Tom Ellis resigns the Labour whip to support the Council for Social Democracy.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		47,029/61,472	76.50
John Marek	Labour Party	16,120	34.28
Cynthia Kay Wood	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,696	33.38
Martin Thomas	Liberal Party in Alliance	13,974	29.71
John Richard Thomas	Plaid Cymru	1,239	2.63
Majority		424	0.90

Minor Boundary Change
11 June 1987		50,483/63,204	79.87
Dr John Marek	Labour Party	22,144	43.86
Roger Henry William Graham-Palmer	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,992	35.64
Martin Thomas	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,808	19.43
Dennis Ronald Watkins	Plaid Cymru	539	1.07
Majority		4,152	8.22

9 April 1992		51,433/63,720	80.72
Dr John Marek	Labour Party	24,830	48.28
Owen William Paterson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,114	35.22
Andrew Martin Thomas	Liberal Democrats	7,074	13.75
William Gareth Wheatley	Plaid Cymru	1,415	2.75
Majority		6,716	13.06

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		36,424/50,741	71.78
Dr John Marek	Labour Party	20,450	56.14
Stuart James Andrew	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,688	23.85
Hon Andrew Martin Thomas	Liberal Democrats	4,833	13.27
John Edward Cronk	Referendum Party	1,195	3.28
James Kevin Plant	Plaid Cymru	1,170	3.21
Nicholas John Low	Natural Law Party	88	0.24
Majority		11,762	32.29

7 June 2001		30,048/50,465	59.54
Ian Colin Lucas	Labour Party	15,934	53.03
Felicity Ann Ledgerwood Elphick	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,746	22.45
Ronald Albert Davies	Liberal Democrats	5,153	17.15
Malcolm William Evans	Plaid Cymru	1,783	5.93
Jane Brookes	UK Independence Party	432	1.44
Majority		9,188	30.58

5 May 2005		30,385/48,016	63.28
Ian Colin Lucas	Labour Party	13,993	46.05
Thomas Philip Rippeth	Liberal Democrats	7,174	23.61
Dr Th?r?se Anne Coffey	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,079	20.01
Sion Aled Owen	Plaid Cymru	1,744	5.74
John Andrew Walker	British National Party	919	3.02
Janet Williams	Forward Wales	476	1.57
Majority		6,819	22.44

6 May 2010		32,976/51,033	64.62
Ian Colin Lucas	Labour Party	12,161	36.88
Thomas Philip Rippeth	Liberal Democrats	8,503	25.79
Gareth Bryn Hughes	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,375	25.40
Arfon Jones	Plaid Cymru	2,029	6.15
Mel Roberts	British National Party	1,134	3.44
John Malcolm Humberstone	UK Independence Party	774	2.35
Majority		3,658	11.09

7 May 2015		32,719/50,992	64.16
Ian Colin Lucas	Labour Party	12,181	37.23
Andrew Mark Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,350	31.63
Niall Fergus Plevin-Kelly	UK Independence Party	5,072	15.50
Carrie Ann Harper	Plaid Cymru	2,501	7.64
Robert Owen Walsh	Liberal Democrats	1,735	5.30
David Oliver Munnerley	Green Party	669	2.04
Brian Arthur Edwards	Independent	211	0.64
Majority		1,831	5.60

8 June 2017		35,092/49,881	70.35
Ian Colin Lucas	Labour Party	17,153	48.88
Andrew Mark Atkinson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,321	43.66
Carrie Ann Harper	Plaid Cymru	1,753	5.00
Carole O'Toole	Liberal Democrats	865	2.46
Majority		1,832	5.22

12 December 2019		33,532/49,737	67.42
Sarah Elizabeth Atherton	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,199	45.33
Mary Felicity Wimbury	Labour Party	13,068	38.97
Carrie Anne Harper	Plaid Cymru	2,151	6.41
Timothy John Sly	Liberal Democrats	1,447	4.32
Ian Jonathan Berkeley-Hurst	Brexit Party	1,222	3.64
Duncan Rees	Green Party	445	1.33
Majority		2,131	6.36

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		40,373/70,269	57.45
Andrew Steven Ranger	Labour Party	15,836	39.22
Sarah Elizabeth Atherton	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,888	24.49
Charles William Henry Dodman	Reform UK	6,915	17.13
Rebecca Ann Martin	Plaid Cymru	4,138	10.25
Timothy John Sly	Liberal Democrats	1,777	4.40
Timothy David Morgan	Green Party	1,339	3.32
William Paul Ashton	Abolish Welsh Assembly	480	1.19
Majority		5,948	14.73