Cardiff South (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff South was a borough constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Cardiff South | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Cardiff |
Replaced by | Cardiff South East and Cardiff West |
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1950 general election. Its final MP was Labour's James Callaghan, elected in 1945 at the age of 33, who would go on to serve the party until 1987, including a spell as prime minister from 1976 to 1979 after several roles in the governments of Harold Wilson.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Adamsdown, Grangetown, and South, and the Urban District of Penarth.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | James Cory | Unionist | |
1923 | Arthur Henderson Jr. | Labour | |
1924 | Arthur Evans | Unionist | |
1929 | Arthur Henderson Jr. | Labour | |
1931 | Arthur Evans | Conservative | |
1945 | James Callaghan | Labour | |
1950 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | James Herbert Cory | 7,922 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | Joshua Thomas Clatworthy | 4,303 | 26.3 | ||
Liberal | Edward Curran | 4,126 | 25.2 | ||
Majority | 3,619 | 22.2 | |||
Turnout | 16,351 | 57.8 | |||
Unionist win (new seat) |
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Sir James Herbert Cory | 7,929 | 36.4 | -12.1 | |
Liberal | Bernard Cyril Freyberg | 6,996 | 32.2 | +7.0 | |
Labour | David Graham Pole | 6,831 | 31.9 | -5.6 | |
Majority | 933 | 4.2 | -17.8 | ||
Turnout | 21,756 | 74.9 | +17.1 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | -9.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 7,899 | 37.9 | +6.0 | |
Unionist | Sir James Herbert Cory | 7,473 | 35.8 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | Walter Thomas Layton | 5,474 | 26.3 | -5.9 | |
Majority | 426 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 20,846 | 70.6 | -4.3 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Henry Arthur Evans | 11,542 | 49.8 | +14.0 | |
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 9,324 | 40.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | David Evans George Davies | 2,287 | 9.9 | -16.4 | |
Majority | 2,218 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,253 | 78.8 | +8.2 | ||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 13,686 | 45.3 | +5.0 | |
Unionist | E T Nethercoat | 10,030 | 33.1 | -16.7 | |
Liberal | C J Cole | 6,550 | 21.6 | +11.7 | |
Majority | 3,656 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,266 | 79.4 | +0.6 | ||
Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +11.1 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Arthur Evans | 17,976 | 59.8 | +26.7 | |
Labour | Arthur Henderson | 12,092 | 40.2 | -5.1 | |
Majority | 5,884 | 19.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 30,068 | 77.8 | -1.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Arthur Evans | 14,925 | 50.9 | -8.9 | |
Labour | Harry Louis Nathan | 14,384 | 49.1 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 541 | 1.8 | -17.8 | ||
Turnout | 29,309 | 75.8 | -2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Henry Arthur Evans
- Labour: Sir William Allen Jowitt[8]
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Callaghan | 17,489 | 60.2 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Arthur Evans | 11,545 | 39.8 | -11.1 | |
Majority | 5,944 | 20.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 29,034 | 73.9 | -1.9 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
References
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig
- Report of the Annual Conference, 1939
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, F W S Craig