Ceredigion

County constituency
Ceredigion shown within Wales
Created:	1536
MP:	Mark Williams
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Dyfed
EP constituency:	Wales

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Boundaries

The boundaries of this constituency mirror the boundaries of the county of Ceredigion (Cardiganshire) almost exactly. Originally, in continental Europe, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count. ... For other uses please see Ceredigion (disambiguation) Ceredigion is a county in Wales. ... Cardiganshire (Sir Aberteifi in Welsh) was a traditional county in Wales that existed between 1282 and 1974. ...

History

Ceredigion, sometimes known by the anglicized version of its name as Cardiganshire was first enfranchised in 1536 when King Henry VIII incorporated Wales within England. The county was given one member, who was to be elected by each person who owned property of a sufficient value. In addition the inhabitants of Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Adpar and Lampeter were given the right to elect one MP between them, with the vote restricted to the Freemen. The 1715 general election saw the return of Lewis Pryse, who sided with the Jacobites and refused to attend the House of Commons to take an oath of loyalty to King George I; he was expelled from the House. For other uses please see Ceredigion (disambiguation) Ceredigion is a county in Wales. ... Cardiganshire (Sir Aberteifi in Welsh) was a traditional county in Wales that existed between 1282 and 1974. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my [birth]right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked... Cardigan (Welsh: Aberteifi) is the county town of Cardiganshire (Ceredigion) in west Wales. ... Aberystwyth (from the Welsh Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, and seaport of Ceredigion (Cardiganshire), Mid Wales. ... Lampeter (Welsh: Llanbedr Pont Steffan) is a town in Ceredigion, Wales, United Kingdom, lying on the River Teifi, which meets the Irish Sea at Cardigan. ... Freedom of the City is an award made by English towns and cities, to esteemed members of its community; such people may then be termed Freemen or Freewomen of the City. ... This article concerns the political movement supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart, not the earlier Jacobean period. ... The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and is now the dominant branch of Parliament. ... George I (Georg Ludwig) (28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727) was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) from 23 January 1698, and King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714, until his death. ...

Reformed elections

From 1832 the Reform Act changed the electoral system so that householders of homes worth over £10 were enfranchised in the boroughs. The Borough was still dominated by the Pryse-Loveden family based in Gogerddan who were supporters of the Liberals; the county saw more influence of the Powell family of Nanteos who were Conservatives. By agreement between the two, neither challenged the others' domination and so elections were almost always unopposed. 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Reform Act of 1832 (known also as the Great Reform Act and The Parliamentary Reform Act 1832) introduced wide-ranging changes to electoral franchise legislation in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party (the SDP) to form a new party which would become... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ...

In the 1841 election there was a great deal of confusion in the borough constituency, which was being opposed. The poll books for Aberystwyth were either lost or stolen and never reached the returning officer, who decided that he should return both candidates due to the uncertainty (the Conservative was slightly ahead in the polls from the other three parts). Neither of the two candidates could actually speak in the House of Commons until a committee determined the election, and it accepted the evidence that the Liberal candidate had outpolled the Conservative by more than enough to make his election secure, so he was given the seat. Other than an 1855 byelection victory by 12 votes, the Conservatives never won the borough. The 1841 UK general election saw a big swing as Robert Peels Conservatives took control of the House of Commons. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

The county saw its first contest in the 1859 general election when two Conservatives fought for the seat. In 1865 the sitting MP stood down and there was a contest between two Liberals, won by Sir Thomas Lloyd, Bt. who defeated a Gladstonian opponent. Lloyd transferred to the borough in the 1868 election and there were close contests for the county thereafter, on a slightly widened franchise. The 1859 UK general election saw the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, hold their majority in a much enlarged House of Commons over the Earl of Derbys Conservatives. ... The 1865 UK general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derbys Conservatives. ... William Ewart Gladstone (December 29, 1809 - May 19, 1898) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886 and 1892-1894). ... The 1868 UK general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised all male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom. ...

Single constituency

In a redistribution of seats for the 1885 general election, the borough constituency was abolished and absorbed into the county, with a further widening of the franchise. This combined to make the county a reasonably safe bet for the Liberal Party and supporters of Gladstone were returned at every election. Initially this was David Davies elected to represent the constituency with a majority of 2,323 (24.2%) on a turnout of 78%, but Davies broke with Gladstone over home rule for Ireland in 1886. He sought re-election as a Liberal Unionist but lost by 9 votes to William Bowen Rowlands, who was the Gladstonian candidate. Rowlands served until appointed (June 1893) as Recorder of Swansea, a part-time Judgeship which was incompatible with membership of the House of Commons. The 1885 UK general election was from the 24th November - 18th December 1885. ... David Davies (1818 - February 28, 1893) was a highly influential Welsh industrialist. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | UK political parties | Historical liberal parties ... William Bowen Rowlands (1837 - September 4, 1906 was a British politician and former Member of Parliament. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Matthew Lewis Vaughan Davies, who had been the Conservative candidate in the seat in 1885 but then went over to Gladstone, was elected unopposed in the byelection on July 4, 1893. He went on to become the longest serving MP for the constituency, holding it until 1921. His closest electoral call came in the 'Khaki election' of 1900 when he had a majority of 781 (9.4%). Like most Welsh Liberals, he supported David Lloyd George in the split in the Liberal Party, and not Herbert Asquith, and was therefore returned unopposed as a Coalition Liberal in 1918. July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The UK general election of 1900 was from 25th September - 24th October 1900. ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January 17, 1863 – March 26, 1945) was a British statesman and the last member of the Liberal Party to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... The name Herbert Asquith normally refers to: Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908–1916), but may also refer to his son: Herbert Asquith, a poet. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1918 held on 14th December 1918, after the Representation of the People Act 1918. ...

Liberal infighting

With Vaughan Davies known to be a supporter of Lloyd George, it was natural that Lloyd George looked to him to boost his support in the House of Lords and awarded him a peerage in the New Years' Honours list in 1921. Although he would have preferred to be called 'Lord Ceredigion', the Garter King of Arms refused this as an inappropriate title for a Baron, and so Vaughan Davies took his title from the River Ystwyth which runs through the county. The peerage created a vacancy in a historically Liberal seat and the Asquithites decided to take the Lloyd Georgeites on in their 'backyard'. This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Da River Ystwyth (Afon Ystwyth in Welsh) iz a river ov mid west Wales. ...

Ernest Evans, who asserted on his election posters that he was 'THE Liberal candidate', was a Barrister from Aberystwyth and had been Private Secretary to Lloyd George himself, and therefore had the blessing of the Coalition and official support from the Conservatives. Against him, W. Llewellyn Williams was sponsored by the Asquithite 'Welsh Liberal Federation'. No other candidate stood and in the straight fight, Evans won with a majority of 3,590 (14.6%). He held on as a 'National Liberal' (as Lloyd George's supporters called themselves) in the 1922 general election but with a slim majority of 515 votes (2.0%) over Rhys Hopkin Morris. Ernest Edwin Evans (13 August 1908 – 25 October 1944) was an officer of the United States Navy during World War II, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. ... The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15th November 1922. ... Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris (1888-November 22, 1956) was a Welsh Liberal politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1923–1932 and from 1945–1956. ...

The sudden shotgun merger of the two factions in the Liberal Party led to Evans getting the official approval of the unified party for the 1923 election. However, the Conservatives decided to fight and this deprived him of their votes. Hopkin Morris decided to fight again as an unofficial Liberal and won with a 5,078 vote majority. He was lucky to survive the 1924 election, a disaster for the Liberals, by being returned unopposed. The first Labour Party candidate stood against him at the 1931 general election and polled 24% of the vote in a straight fight against Morris, who had a 13,752 (52.0%) majority. The UK general election of 1923 was held on 5th December 1923. ... The 1924 UK general election was held on 29th October 1924. ... The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... The UK general election on Tuesday 27 October 1931 was the last in the United Kingdom not held on a Thursday. ...

In 1932, Morris left Parliament temporarily (he was later to return as MP for Carmarthen) when he was appointed as a Metropolitan Police magistrate. The byelection on September 22, 1932 saw the first three-way fight between the parties, but was won by Owen Evans for the Liberals. Like many of the Liberal MPs he had been a Barrister. Evans died shortly before the 1945 general election, but the seat was easily held by his successor Roderic Bowen; unusually the Labour vote actually fell in percentage terms compared with the previous election despite the Labour landslide in the country at large. September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... The United Kingdom General Election of 1945 held on 5 July 1945 but not counted and declared until 26 July 1945 (due to the time it took to transport the votes of those serving overseas) was one of the most significant general elections of the 20th century. ... Roderic Bowen was Liberal MP for Cardiganshire from 1945-66 In 1945 he was elected to parliament at the first attempt, holding the Liberal seat in succession to Owen Evans. ...

Labour challenge

Labour established itself as the main challenger to the Liberals at the 1950 general election in a three-way contest, and the Conservatives opted out of the contest thereafter until 1964. This was partly a move to keep the seat from going Labour. Plaid Cymru first fought the seat in 1959 and kept their deposit (just, with 12.8% of the vote). The United Kingdom general election in 1950 was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. ... The United Kingdom general election of 1964 result was a very slim majority for the Labour Party, of 4, and led to their first government since 1951. ... Plaid, in full Plaid Cymru (pronounced IPA: ) – The Party of Wales, is the principal nationalist political party in Wales. ... This United Kingdom general election was held on October 8, 1959, and marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative party, led by Harold MacMillan. ...

With a four-way contest involving the Conservatives and Plaid Cymru at the 1964 general election, and a national swing to Labour, Roderic Bowen suffered a precpitate decline in his share of the vote to only 38.4%; he was re-elected with a majority of 2,219 (7.4%) over Labour. After the death of the Speaker in 1965, Bowen accepted the offer of becoming a Deputy Speaker, which prevented him from speaking on behalf of his constituency. For the 1966 election, Labour selected Elystan Morgan who had been a member of Plaid Cymru until 1964; with a further national swing and Morgan making a credible bid for the Welsh-speaking vote, Labour won the seat by 523 votes. In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The UK general election in 1966 was called by Harold Wilson because his government, elected in the 1964 election, had an unworkably small majority. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

Liberal resurgence

Morgan managed to hold on to the seat with an increased majority in the 1970 election. The Liberal vote had collapsed nationwide, with Plaid Cymru taking third place. However, the Liberal resurgence in the early 1970s led to the party regaining the seat in the February 1974 general election with Geraint Howells; the October 1974 general election saw almost the same result. In 1979, Howells increased his majority with Labour falling to third place and the Conservatives increasing their vote by more than 20%; this was one of the highest swings in the whole country. The United Kingdom general election of 1970 was held on June 18, 1970, and resulted in a surprise loss of power for Labour under Harold Wilson, who was replaced as Prime Minister by the Conservative leader, Edward Heath. ... The UK general election of February 1974 was held on February 28, 1974. ... Geraint Wyn Howells, Baron Geraint (April 15, 1925 - April 17, 2004) was a leading Welsh Liberal Democrat politician. ... The UK general election of October 1974 took place on October 10, 1974. ... The UK general election, 1979 was held on May 3, 1979 and is regarded as a pivotal point in 20th century British politics. ... Swing in a British political context is a mathematical calculation which allows the results of two constituencies to be compared. ...

In boundary changes in 1983, the constituency gained a small part of Pembrokeshire and also took a Welsh version of its name, becoming known as Ceredigion and Pembroke North. Geraint Howells was re-elected with the Conservatives second, Labour third and Plaid Cymru fourth in both the 1983 and 1987 general elections. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pembrokeshire (Welsh: Sir Benfro) is a county in the southwest of Wales in the United Kingdom. ... The UK general election, 1983 was held on June 9, 1983 and gave the Conservatives and Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945. ... The UK general election, 1987 was held on June 11, 1987 and was the third victory in a row for Margaret Thatcher and the Conservatives. ...

Surprise gain

The result of the 1992 general election in Ceredigion and Pembroke North was one of the least expected in the country. Cynog Dafis, a teacher at Aberaeron High School, standing as a Plaid Cymru candidate with support from the local branch of the Green Party, gained the seat with a majority of 3,193. Dafis more than doubled his majority in 1997 with Labour coming in second and the Liberal Democrat vote dropping by 10% to 16.5%. The constituency reverted to the name of Ceredigion at this election, having lost the part of North Pembrokeshire in boundary changes. The UK general election, 1992 was held on April 9, 1992, and was the fourth victory in a row for the Conservatives. ... Cynog Glyndwr Dafis (born 1939) is a Welsh politician and member of the Plaid Cymru party. ... Aberaeron is a seaside town in Ceredigion, Wales between Aberystwyth and Cardigan. ... The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW) is the principal Green political party in England and Wales. ... The UK general election, 1997 was held on 1 May 1997. ...

Cynog Dafis was unexpectedly elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 and unlike the other 'dual mandate' MPs chose to resign his seat at Westminster, causing a byelection which saw Simon Thomas retain the seat for Plaid Cymru. The by-election saw Labour fall from second to fourth place and the Liberal Democrats vote rise. At the 2001 general election, Thomas retained the seat, although the Liberal Democrat vote again rose to 26.9%. The National Assembly for Wales (or NAfW) (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru) is a devolved assembly (not a full legislature) with power to make regulations in Wales, and also is responsible for most UK government departments in Wales. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Ceredigion, Cynog Dafis, was unexpectedly elected to the National Assembly for Wales in May 1999 and decided to give up his seat in the House of Commons in order to concentrate on his work in the Assembly. ... Simon Thomas (born 28 December 1963) is a Welsh politician. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ...

2005 Liberal resurgence

At the 2005 general election, the Liberal Democrats regained the seat. Mark Williams, who had fought the seat in the 2000 by-election and in 2001, had a majority of 219 (0.6%) following a swing of 6% over Simon Thomas. The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... Mark Williams, MP for Ceredigion Mark Williams (born March 24, 1966) is a British politician and the Member of Parliament for the Ceredigion constituency, a seat he gained from Plaid Cymru in 2005. ...

Members of Parliament

1885: David Davies, Liberal

1886: William Bowen Rowlands, Liberal

1895: Matthew Vaughn-Davies, Liberal

1921: Ernest Evans, Liberal (pro Lloyd George)

1923: Rhys Hopkin Morris, Independent Liberal 1923-1924, "official" Liberal 1924-1932

1932: Owen Evans, Liberal

1945: Roderic Bowen, Liberal

1966: Elystan Morgan, Labour

1974: Geraint Howells, Liberal 1974 - 88, Liberal Democrat 1988 - 92

1992: Cynog Dafis, Plaid Cymru

2000: Simon Thomas, Plaid Cymru

2005: Mark Williams, Liberal Democrat

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Election results

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See also

• Ceredigion by-election, 2000
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Dyfed