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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Renamed with Boundary Change
21 December 1832		1,688
Thomas Assheton Smith	Tory	Unopposed

13 January 1835		1,642
Thomas Assheton Smith	Conservative Party	Unopposed

1 August 1837		1,791
John Ralph Ormsby-Gore	Conservative Party	Unopposed

7 July 1841		2,162
Hon Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 August 1847		2,117
Hon Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

14 July 1852		1,913
Hon Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

31 March 1857		2,060
Hon Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

5 May 1859		2,116
Hon Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

13 July 1865		2,190
Hon Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

3 August 1866 Elevation of Hon Edward Douglas-Pennant to the Peerage - Baron Penryhn.

14 August 1866
Hon George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	Unopposed

Boundary Change
26 November 1868		3,778/4,852	77.86
Thomas Love Duncombe Jones-Parry	Liberal Party	1,963	51.96
Hon George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	1,815	48.04
Majority		148	3.92

12 February 1874		5,068/6,286	80.62
Hon George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	2,750	54.26
Thomas Love Duncombe Jones-Parry	Liberal Party	2,318	45.74
Majority		432	8.52

7 April 1880		5,509/6,652	82.82
Charles James Watkin Williams	Liberal Party	3,303	59.96
Hon George Sholto Gordon Douglas-Pennant	Conservative Party	2,206	40.04
Majority		1,097	19.91

1880 Resignation of Charles Williams on appointment as a Judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice.

2 December 1880		5,331/6,652	80.14
William Rathbone	Liberal Party	3,180	59.65
Hugh John Ellis Nanney	Conservative Party	2,151	40.35
Majority		1,029	19.30

New
14 December 1918		23,570/36,460	64.65
Charles Edward Breese	Liberal Party - Coalition	10,488	44.50
Robert Thomas Jones	Independent Labour	8,145	34.56
Ellis William Davies	Liberal Party	4,937	20.95
Majority		2,343	9.94

15 November 1922		26,423/37,450	70.56
Robert Thomas Jones	Labour Party	14,016	53.04
Charles Edward Breese	National Liberal Party	12,407	46.96
Majority		1,609	6.09

6 December 1923		28,564/38,136	74.90
Goronwy Owen	Liberal Party	15,043	52.66
Robert Thomas Jones	Labour Party	13,521	47.34
Majority		1,522	5.33

29 October 1924		29,597/38,647	76.58
Goronwy Owen	Liberal Party	15,033	50.79
Robert Thomas Jones	Labour Party	14,564	49.21
Majority		469	1.58

30 May 1929		38,652/47,481	81.41
Goronwy Owen	Liberal Party	18,507	47.88
Robert Thomas Jones	Labour Party	14,867	38.46
David Fowden-Jones	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,669	12.08
Rev Lewis Edward Valentine	Plaid Cymru	609	1.58
Majority		3,640	9.42

27 October 1931		38,418/48,003	80.03
Goronwy Owen	Liberal Party	14,993	39.03
William Elwyn Edwards Jones	Labour Party	14,299	37.22
William Prys Owen Evans	Ind Nat	7,990	20.80
Prof John Edward Daniel	Plaid Cymru	1,136	2.96
Majority		694	1.81

Goronwy Owen was opposed to the National Government.

14 November 1935		36,931/49,284	74.94
Goronwy Owen	Liberal Party	17,947	48.60
William Elwyn Edwards Jones	Labour Party	16,450	44.54
Prof John Edward Daniel	Plaid Cymru	2,534	6.86
Majority		1,497	4.05

5 July 1945		39,832/51,295	77.65
Goronwy Owen Roberts	Labour Party	22,043	55.34
Sir Goronwy Owen	Liberal Party	15,637	39.26
William Ambrose Bebb	Plaid Cymru	2,152	5.40
Majority		6,406	16.08