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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		37,771
Sidney Robinson	Liberal Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		30,255/38,815	77.95
William Albert Jenkins	National Liberal Party	20,405	67.44
Edward Thomas John	Labour Party	9,850	32.56
Majority		10,555	34.89

6 December 1923		39,750
William Albert Jenkins	Liberal Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		33,375/39,943	83.56
Walter d'Arcy Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,834	38.45
William Albert Jenkins	Liberal Party	10,374	31.08
Edward Thomas John	Labour Party	10,167	30.46
Majority		2,460	7.37

30 May 1929		43,017/49,031	87.73
Peter Freeman	Labour Party	14,511	33.73
Walter d'Arcy Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,324	33.30
Elias Wynne Cemlyn Jones	Liberal Party	14,182	32.97
Majority		187	0.43

27 October 1931		42,843/49,199	87.08
Walter d'Arcy Hall	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,620	59.80
Peter Freeman	Labour Party	17,223	40.20
Majority		8,397	19.60

14 November 1935		41,989/49,827	84.27
Hon Ivor Grosvenor Guest	Nationalist	22,079	52.58
Dr Leslie Haden Haden-Guest	Labour Party	19,910	47.42
Majority		2,169	5.17

14 June 1939 Succession of Hon Ivor Guest to the Peerage - 2nd Viscount Wimborne.

1 August 1939		38,722/48,486	79.86
William Frederick Jackson	Labour Party	20,679	53.40
Hon Richard Hanning Philipps	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,043	46.60
Majority		2,636	6.81

5 July 1945		42,149/52,689	80.00
Tudor Emlyn Watkins	Labour Party	19,725	46.80
Hon Oscar Montague Guest	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,089	33.43
David Lewis	Liberal Party	8,335	19.78
Majority		5,636	13.37

23 February 1950		46,112/51,951	88.76
Tudor Emlyn Watkins	Labour Party	22,519	48.84
James David Gibson-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,690	42.70
Rolle Malcolm Ritson Pixton	Liberal Party	3,903	8.46
Majority		2,829	6.14

25 October 1951		47,061/52,728	89.25
Tudor Emlyn Watkins	Labour Party	24,572	52.21
James David Gibson-Watt	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,489	47.79
Majority		2,083	4.43

26 May 1955		45,110/51,969	86.80
Tudor Emlyn Watkins	Labour Party	23,953	53.10
Henry Graham Partridge	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,412	36.38
Dr William Stanley Russell Thomas	Liberal Party	4,745	10.52
Majority		7,541	16.72

8 October 1959		44,350/51,357	86.36
Tudor Emlyn Watkins	Labour Party	25,411	57.30
John Hubert Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,939	42.70
Majority		6,472	14.59

15 October 1964		41,547/50,159	82.83
Tudor Emlyn Watkins	Labour Party	23,967	57.69
Frank Thomas Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,415	37.10
Trefor Richard Morgan	Plaid Cymru	2,165	5.21
Majority		8,552	20.58

31 March 1966		39,835/49,464	80.53
Tudor Emlyn Watkins	Labour Party	22,902	57.49
Frank Thomas Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,523	36.46
Trefor Richard Morgan	Plaid Cymru	2,410	6.05
Majority		8,379	21.03

18 June 1970		43,146/52,629	81.98
Caerwyn Eifion Roderick	Labour Party	18,736	43.42
Gareth John Jarvis Neale	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,892	32.20
Geraint Wyn Howells	Liberal Party	8,169	18.93
William George Jenkins	Plaid Cymru	2,349	5.44
Majority		4,844	11.23