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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		20,978/32,790	63.98
Alfred Onions	Labour Party	11,496	54.80
William Rees Edmunds	Liberal Party	9,482	45.20
Majority		2,014	9.60

6 July 1921 Death of Alfred Onions.

24 August 1921		25,249/34,511	73.16
Morgan Jones	Labour Party	13,699	54.26
William Rees Edmunds	Liberal Party - Coalition	8,958	35.48
Robert J Stewart	Communist Party	2,592	10.27
Majority		4,741	18.78

15 November 1922		28,139/35,795	78.61
Morgan Jones	Labour Party	16,082	57.15
Alan McLean	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,057	42.85
Majority		4,025	14.30

6 December 1923		28,180/36,592	77.01
Morgan Jones	Labour Party	16,535	58.68
Gwilym Rowlands	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,493	23.04
Samuel Roberts Jenkins	Liberal Party	5,152	18.28
Majority		10,042	35.64

Gwilym Rowlands sought election as "Labour in the Conservative interest". He was, however, an official Conservative candidate and has been designated as such. He was the nominee of Conservative Working Mens' clubs.

29 October 1924		30,016/37,868	79.26
Morgan Jones	Labour Party	17,723	59.05
Gwilym Rowlands	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,293	40.95
Majority		5,430	18.09

30 May 1929		36,624/45,173	81.07
Morgan Jones	Labour Party	21,248	58.02
Anne Grace Roberts	Liberal Party	8,190	22.36
Owen Temple Morris	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,357	17.36
John Richard Wilson	Communist Party	829	2.26
Majority		13,058	35.65

27 October 1931		34,105/44,509	76.62
Morgan Jones	Labour Party	23,061	67.62
Catherine Bowen-Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,044	32.38
Majority		12,017	35.24

14 November 1935		32,584/45,057	72.32
Morgan Jones	Labour Party	24,846	76.25
Nest Jessie Stoneham	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,738	23.75
Majority		17,108	52.50

23 April 1939 Death of Morgan Jones.

4 July 1939		29,196/42,678	68.41
Ness Edwards	Labour Party	19,847	67.98
Ronald McMillan Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,349	32.02
Majority		10,498	35.96

5 July 1945		36,347/47,170	77.06
Ness Edwards	Labour Party	29,158	80.22
John Frederick Manuel de Courcy	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,189	19.78
Majority		21,969	60.44

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		39,041/46,321	84.28
Rt Hon Ness Edwards	Labour Party	30,270	77.53
Kenneth John Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,771	22.47
Majority		21,499	55.07

25 October 1951		39,564/46,893	84.37
Rt Hon Ness Edwards	Labour Party	30,523	77.15
Kenneth Gordon Knee	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,041	22.85
Majority		21,482	54.30

26 May 1955		37,032/47,131	78.57
Rt Hon Ness Edwards	Labour Party	27,852	75.21
John Hubert Davies	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,180	24.79
Majority		18,672	50.42

8 October 1959		38,755/46,671	83.04
Rt Hon Ness Edwards	Labour Party	28,154	72.65
William Russell Lewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,181	18.53
John Dawkin Arnold Howell	Plaid Cymru	3,420	8.82
Majority		20,973	54.12

15 October 1964		36,053/45,969	78.43
Rt Hon Ness Edwards	Labour Party	26,011	72.15
Ronald James Maddocks	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,086	16.88
Peter James Stradling Williams	Plaid Cymru	3,956	10.97
Majority		19,925	55.27

31 March 1966		35,461/46,240	76.69
Rt Hon Ness Edwards	Labour Party	26,330	74.25
Ronald James Maddocks	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,182	14.61
John Dawkin Arnold Howell	Plaid Cymru	3,949	11.14
Majority		21,148	59.64

3 May 1968 Death of Rt Hon Ness Edwards.

18 July 1968		35,366/46,578	75.93
Alfred Thomas Evans	Labour Party	16,148	45.66
Dr Philip James Stradling Williams	Plaid Cymru	14,274	40.36
Robert Williams	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,687	10.43
Peter G Sadler	Liberal Party	1,257	3.55
Majority		1,874	5.30

18 June 1970		40,394/51,703	78.13
Alfred Thomas Evans	Labour Party	24,972	61.82
Dr Philip James Stradling Williams	Plaid Cymru	11,505	28.48
Peter Nicholas Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,917	9.70
Majority		13,467	33.34

Boundary Change
28 February 1974		43,417/56,035	77.48
Alfred Thomas Evans	Labour Party	24,838	57.21
Dr Philip James Stradling Williams	Plaid Cymru	11,956	27.54
Roger Joseph Everest	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,912	13.62
David Hugh Bevan	Independent	711	1.64
Majority		12,882	29.67

10 October 1974		42,694/56,499	75.57
Alfred Thomas Evans	Labour Party	24,161	56.59
Dr Philip James Stradling Williams	Plaid Cymru	10,452	24.48
Densmore Ronald Dover	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,897	11.47
Norman Harry Evans Lewis	Liberal Party	3,184	7.46
Majority		13,709	32.11

3 May 1979		46,424/58,908	78.81
Gwilym Ednyfed Hudson Davies	Labour Party	27,280	58.76
John O'Beirne Ranelagh	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,783	18.92
Dr Philip James Stradling Williams	Plaid Cymru	6,931	14.93
Norman Jones	Liberal Party	3,430	7.39
Majority		18,497	39.84

22 December 1981 Ednyfed Hudson-Davies resigns the Labour whip and joins the SDP.

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		47,296/64,153	73.72
Ronald Davies	Labour Party	21,570	45.61
Anthony Lambert	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,017	21.18
Charles William Hodder Welby	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,295	19.65
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	6,414	13.56
Majority		11,553	24.43

11 June 1987		49,107/64,834	75.74
Ronald Davies	Labour Party	28,698	58.44
Michael Edmund Powell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,531	19.41
Michael George Butlin	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,923	14.10
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	3,955	8.05
Majority		19,167	39.03

9 April 1992		49,822/64,529	77.21
Ronald Davies	Labour Party	31,713	63.65
Howard Lindsay Philpott	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,041	18.15
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	4,821	9.68
Stanley William Wilson	Liberal Democrats	4,247	8.52
Majority		22,672	45.51

1 May 1997		45,269/64,621	70.05
Ronald Davies	Labour Party	30,697	67.81
Hugh Rhodri Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,858	10.73
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	4,383	9.68
Antony David Ferguson	Liberal Democrats	3,724	8.23
Mark Edwin Morgan	Referendum Party	1,337	2.95
Catherine Mary Williams	Pro-Life Alliance	270	0.60
Majority		25,839	57.08

7 June 2001		38,831/67,593	57.45
Wayne David David	Labour Party	22,597	58.19
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	8,172	21.05
David Timothy Simmonds	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,413	11.36
Robert William Roffe	Liberal Democrats	3,649	9.40
Majority		14,425	37.15

5 May 2005		39,229/66,939	58.60
Wayne David David	Labour Party	22,190	56.57
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	6,831	17.41
Stephen Hartwig Willoughby Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,711	14.56
Ashgar Javed Ali	Liberal Democrats	3,861	9.84
Graeme John Beard	Forward Wales	636	1.62
Majority		15,359	39.15

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		38,692/62,075	62.33
Wayne David David	Labour Party	17,377	44.91
Maria Colette Caulfield	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,622	17.11
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	6,460	16.70
Kay David	Liberal Democrats	5,688	14.70
Laurence Reid	British National Party	1,635	4.23
Tony Jenkins	UK Independence Party	910	2.35
Majority		10,755	27.80

7 May 2015		40,283/63,603	63.34
Wayne David David	Labour Party	17,864	44.35
Sam Gould	UK Independence Party	7,791	19.34
Leo Docherty	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,683	16.59
Beci Newton	Plaid Cymru	5,895	14.63
Katy Beddoe	Green Party	937	2.33
Aladdin Ayesh	Liberal Democrats	935	2.32
Jaime Samuel George Davies	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	178	0.44
Majority		10,073	25.01

8 June 2017		41,297/64,381	64.14
Wayne David David	Labour Party	22,491	54.46
Jane Pratt	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,413	25.21
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	5,962	14.44
Liz Wilks	UK Independence Party	1,259	3.05
Kay David	Liberal Democrats	725	1.76
Andrew Creak	Green Party	447	1.08
Majority		12,078	29.25

12 December 2019		40,117/63,166	63.51
Wayne David David	Labour Party	18,018	44.91
Jane Pratt	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,185	27.88
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	6,424	16.01
Nathan Lee Gill	Brexit Party	4,490	11.19
Majority		6,833	17.03

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		38,234/72,643	52.63
Christopher James Evans	Labour and Co-operative Party	14,538	38.02
Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle	Plaid Cymru	8,119	21.24
Joshua Seungkyun Kim	Reform UK	7,754	20.28
Brandon Philip Gorman	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,385	11.47
Steve Aicheler	Liberal Democrats	1,788	4.68
Mark Thomas	Green Party	1,650	4.32
Majority		6,419	16.79