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2 December 1885		7,663/10,560	72.57
Frank Ash Yeo	Liberal Party	5,560	72.56
Henry Nathaniel Miers	Conservative Party	2,103	27.44
Majority		3,457	45.11

3 July 1886		10,560
Frank Ash Yeo	Liberal Party	Unopposed

4 March 1888 Death of Frank Yeo.

27 March 1888		7,322/10,896	67.20
David Randell	Liberal Party	3,964	54.14
John Talbot Dillwyn-Llewellyn	Conservative Party	3,358	45.86
Majority		606	8.28

4 July 1892		11,937
David Randell	Liberal Party	Unopposed

24 July 1895		8,330/12,150	68.56
David Randell	Liberal Party	6,074	72.92
Charles Henry Glascodine	Conservative Party	2,256	27.08
Majority		3,818	45.83

12 October 1900		8,129/12,267	66.27
John Aeron Thomas	Liberal Party	4,276	52.60
John Hodge	Labour Party	3,853	47.40
Majority		423	5.20

23 January 1906		11,302/13,624	82.96
John Williams	Ind LIB/LAB	4,841	42.83
Thomas Jeremiah Williams	Liberal Party	4,522	40.01
Ernest Helme	Conservative Party	1,939	17.16
Majority		319	2.82

20 January 1910		11,844/14,712	80.51
John Williams	Labour Party	9,312	78.62
Percival Reginald Owen Abel Simner	Conservative Party	2,532	21.38
Majority		6,780	57.24

15 December 1910		10,007/14,712	68.02
John Williams	Labour Party	5,480	54.76
William Francis Phillips	Liberal Party	4,527	45.24
Majority		953	9.52

Boundary Change
14 December 1918		18,462/29,667	62.23
John Williams	Labour Party	10,109	54.76
D H Williams	Liberal Party	8,353	45.24
Majority		1,756	9.51

20 June 1922 Death of John Williams.

20 July 1922		23,137/31,679	73.04
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	13,296	57.47
D H Williams	Liberal Party - Coalition	9,841	42.53
Majority		3,455	14.93

15 November 1922		24,690/33,084	74.63
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	13,388	54.22
Frederick William Davies	Liberal Party	11,302	45.78
Majority		2,086	8.45

6 December 1923		24,900/34,250	72.70
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	14,771	59.32
Leah Norah Folland	Liberal Party	10,129	40.68
Majority		4,642	18.64

29 October 1924		26,890/35,631	75.47
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	15,374	57.17
Ernest Thomas Neathercoat	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,516	42.83
Majority		3,858	14.35

30 May 1929		38,273/48,060	79.64
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	20,664	53.99
Frederick William Davies	Liberal Party	11,055	28.88
Alan Tindall Lennox-Boyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,554	17.12
Majority		9,609	25.11

27 October 1931		41,120/49,232	83.52
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	21,963	53.41
Sir Edgar Rees Jones	Liberal Party	19,157	46.59
Majority		2,806	6.82

14 November 1935		39,871/52,376	76.12
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	26,632	66.80
Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson	Nationalist	13,239	33.20
Majority		13,393	33.59

5 July 1945		44,791/58,238	76.91
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	30,676	68.49
John Aeron-Thomas	National Liberal Party	14,115	31.51
Majority		16,561	36.97

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		42,772/50,603	84.52
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	32,564	76.13
Rowe Harding	National Liberal Party	10,208	23.87
Majority		22,356	52.27

25 October 1951		43,012/51,016	84.31
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	32,661	75.93
Rowe Harding	National Liberal Party	10,351	24.07
Majority		22,310	51.87

26 May 1955		38,540/50,193	76.78
David Rhys Grenfell	Labour Party	26,304	68.25
Brian Gwyther Jones	National Liberal Party	8,135	21.11
Edward Christopher Rees	Plaid Cymru	4,101	10.64
Majority		18,169	47.14

8 October 1959		41,022/49,480	82.91
Ifor Davies	Labour Party	27,441	66.89
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine	National Liberal Party	9,837	23.98
Dr John Gwyn Griffiths	Plaid Cymru	3,744	9.13
Majority		17,604	42.91

15 October 1964		39,279/49,219	79.80
Ifor Davies	Labour Party	27,895	71.02
John Huw Price Griffith	National Liberal Party	8,822	22.46
Dr John Gwyn Griffiths	Plaid Cymru	2,562	6.52
Majority		19,073	48.56

31 March 1966		38,762/49,731	77.94
Ifor Davies	Labour Party	29,910	77.16
David Richard Owen Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,852	22.84
Majority		21,058	54.33

18 June 1970		41,789/54,246	77.04
Ifor Davies	Labour Party	26,485	63.38
Michael James Carter	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,435	22.58
Clifford Gregory Davies	Plaid Cymru	5,869	14.04
Majority		17,050	40.80

28 February 1974		45,114/56,495	79.85
Ifor Davies	Labour Party	23,856	52.88
David Frederick Roberts George	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,780	19.46
Brian Clement Charles Thomas	Liberal Party	8,737	19.37
John Noel Harris	Plaid Cymru	3,741	8.29
Majority		15,076	33.42

10 October 1974		43,752/56,856	76.95
Ifor Davies	Labour Party	25,067	57.29
David Frederick Roberts George	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,863	20.26
Richard Owen	Liberal Party	5,453	12.46
Meirion Powell	Plaid Cymru	4,369	9.99
Majority		16,204	37.04

3 May 1979		46,887/58,023	80.81
Ifor Davies	Labour Party	24,963	53.24
Trefor Wilmot Llewellyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,322	30.55
Roger Blakeborough-Pownall	Liberal Party	4,245	9.05
Eifion David Thomas	Plaid Cymru	3,357	7.16
Majority		10,641	22.69

7 June 1982 Death of Ifor Davies.

16 September 1982		39,319/60,123	65.40
Gareth Lodwig Wardell	Labour Party	17,095	43.48
Gwynoro Glyndwr Jones	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,875	25.12
Trefor Wilmot Llewellyn	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,690	22.10
David Ieuan Owen	Plaid Cymru	3,431	8.73
John Donovan	Computer Democrat	125	0.32
David F Burns	Independent	103	0.26
Majority		7,220	18.36

D Burns sought election as a Civil Rights/Welsh Political Prisoner candidate. At the time of the election he was being held on remand in Cardiff prison.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		44,599/57,331	77.79
Gareth Lodwig Wardell	Labour Party	16,972	38.05
Dr Alan Roy Thomas Kenyon	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,767	35.35
Gwynoro Glyndwr Jones	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,416	23.35
Nigel Williams	Plaid Cymru	1,444	3.24
Majority		1,205	2.70

11 June 1987		47,498/59,537	79.78
Gareth Lodwig Wardell	Labour Party	22,138	46.61
Gerald Alexander Lewin Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,374	34.47
David Henry Owen Elliott	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	7,645	16.10
Jonathan Gwyn Mendus Edwards	Plaid Cymru	1,341	2.82
Majority		5,764	12.14

9 April 1992		46,841/57,231	81.85
Gareth Lodwig Wardell	Labour Party	23,455	50.07
Anthony Lawrence Donnelly	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,437	35.09
Christopher Gareth Davies	Liberal Democrats	4,655	9.94
Adam Robert Price	Plaid Cymru	1,658	3.54
Brian Kingzett	Green Party	448	0.96
Gerard Patrick Egan	Monster Raving Loony Party	114	0.24
Michael Simon Beresford	Natural Law Party	74	0.16
Majority		7,018	14.98

1 May 1997		43,336/57,691	75.12
Martin Philip Caton	Labour Party	23,313	53.80
Alun Hugh Cairns	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,306	23.78
Howard William Evans	Liberal Democrats	5,624	12.98
Dewi Elwyn Williams	Plaid Cymru	2,226	5.14
Richard David Lewis	Referendum Party	1,745	4.03
Anthony Gordon Popham	Freedom	122	0.28
Majority		13,007	30.01

7 June 2001		37,353/58,943	63.37
Martin Philip Caton	Labour Party	17,676	47.32
John Gunther Bushell	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,281	27.52
Sheila Ramsay Waye	Liberal Democrats	4,507	12.07
Sian Mair Caiach	Plaid Cymru	3,865	10.35
Sandra Christina Shrewsbury	Green Party	607	1.63
Darran Charles Hickery	Socialist Labour	417	1.12
Majority		7,395	19.80

5 May 2005		39,542/60,925	64.90
Martin Philip Caton	Labour Party	16,786	42.45
Michael Francis Murray	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,083	25.50
Nicholas John Tregoning	Liberal Democrats	7,291	18.44
Sian Mair Caiach	Plaid Cymru	3,089	7.81
Richard David Lewis	UK Independence Party	1,264	3.20
Rhodri Griffiths	Green Party	1,029	2.60
Majority		6,703	16.95

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		41,671/62,147	67.05
Martin Philip Caton	Labour Party	16,016	38.43
Henry Byron Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,333	32.00
Arthur Michael Day	Liberal Democrats	7,947	19.07
Darren Price	Plaid Cymru	2,760	6.62
Adrian Jones	British National Party	963	2.31
Gordon Wilfred Triggs	UK Independence Party	652	1.56
Majority		2,683	6.44

7 May 2015		42,758/61,820	69.17
Henry Byron Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,862	37.10
Liz Evans	Labour Party	15,835	37.03
Colin Joseph Beckett	UK Independence Party	4,773	11.16
Darren Thomas	Plaid Cymru	3,051	7.14
Mike Sheehan	Liberal Democrats	1,552	3.63
Julia Claire Francesca Marshall	Green Party	1,161	2.72
David Christopher Baron Barnes Von Claptrap	Monster Raving Loony Party	253	0.59
Steve Sparky Roberts	Independent	168	0.39
Mark Evans	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	103	0.24
Majority		27	0.06

8 June 2017		45,576/62,163	73.32
Antonia Louise Antoniazzi	Labour Party	22,727	49.87
Henry Byron Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,458	42.69
Harri Llwyd Roberts	Plaid Cymru	1,669	3.66
Howard William Evans	Liberal Democrats	931	2.04
Ross Ford	UK Independence Party	642	1.41
Jason Winstanley	Pirate	149	0.33
Majority		3,269	7.17

12 December 2019		44,482/61,762	72.02
Antonia Louise Antoniazzi	Labour Party	20,208	45.43
Francesca O'Brien	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,371	41.30
John Brendan Sidney Davies	Plaid Cymru	2,288	5.14
Samuel John Bennett	Liberal Democrats	2,236	5.03
Robert James Vincent Ross	Brexit Party	1,379	3.10
Majority		1,837	4.13

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		47,229/76,123	62.04
Antonia Louise Antoniazzi	Labour Party	20,480	43.36
Marc Rhys Jenkins	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,913	18.87
Catrin Thomas	Reform UK	8,530	18.06
Kieran Thomas Pritchard	Plaid Cymru	3,942	8.35
Franck Ngole Banza	Liberal Democrats	2,593	5.49
Chris Evans	Green Party	2,488	5.27
Wayne Erasmus	Independent	283	0.60
Majority		11,567	24.49