Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Radnorshire was created in 1542 as a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It elected one knight of the shire (MP) by the first past the post system.

Radnorshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the "singly" yellow major area
1542–1918
Seatsone
Replaced byBrecon and Radnor

By 1918, having too small a relative population the area was combined with that of Breconshire to form Brecon and Radnor constituency.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1542–1604
ParliamentMember
1542John Baker, died 1544
and replaced by John Price [1]
1545John Knill[1]
1547Richard Blick[1]
1553 (Mar)
1553 (Oct)Charles Vaughan[1]
1554 (Apr)John Bradshaw[1]
1554 (Nov)John Knill[1]
1555Stephen Price[1]
1558Ieuan Lewis[1]
1559 (Jan)Thomas Lewis[2]
1562–1563Thomas Lewis[2]
1571Walter Price[2]
1572-1581Roger Vaughan[2]
1584-1585Thomas Lewis[2]
1586Thomas Lewis[2]
1588 (Oct)Ieuan Lewis[2]
1593James Price[2]
1597-1598James Price[2]
1601 (Oct)James Price[2]

MPs 1604–1918
ElectionMemberParty
1604-1611 James Price
1614 James Price
1621-1622: James Price
1624 James Price
1625 James Price
1626 James Price
1628 Richard Jones
1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned
November 1640 Charles PriceRoyalist
October 1642 Price disabled to sit - seat vacant
1647 Arthur Annesley
December 1648 Information not clear, sources say that Arthur continued to serve, however he might have been excluded in prides purge
1653 Radnorshire was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament
Representation increased to two members, 1654
1654 George Gwynne and Henry Williams
1656 George Gwynne and Henry Williams
Representation reverted to one member, 1659
January 1659 Henry Williams
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 George Gwynne
1661 Sir Richard Lloyd
1677 Richard Williams
1679 Rowland Gwynne
1685 Richard Williams
1689 Rowland Gwynne
1690 Richard Williams
1692 John Jeffreys
1698 Thomas Harley Tory
1715 Richard Fowler
1722 Sir Humphrey Howorth Whig
1755 Howell Gwynne
1761 Marquess of Carnarvon Whig
1768 Chase Price
1777 Thomas Johnes
1780 Thomas Johnes
1784 Thomas Johnes
1790 Thomas Johnes
1796 Walter Wilkins Whig[3][4]
1828 Thomas Frankland Lewis Tory[3]
1834 Conservative[3]
1835 Walter Wilkins Whig[3][4]
1840 Sir John Walsh Conservative[3]
1868 Hon. Arthur Walsh Conservative
1880 Sir Richard Green-Price Liberal
1885 Hon. Arthur Walsh Conservative
1892 Frank Edwards[5] Liberal
1895 Powlett Milbank Conservative
1900 Frank Edwards Liberal
January 1910 Sir Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn Conservative
December 1910 Sir Frank Edwards Liberal

Election results
Decades:

Elections in the 1830s
General election 1830: Radnorshire [3][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Thomas Frankland Lewis Unopposed
Registered electors c. 800
Tory gain from Whig
General election 1831: Radnorshire [3][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Thomas Frankland Lewis Unopposed
Registered electors c. 800
Tory hold
General election 1832: Radnorshire [3][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Thomas Frankland Lewis Unopposed
Registered electors 1,046
Tory hold
General election 1835: Radnorshire [3][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Walter Wilkins (d. 1840) 483 51.4
Conservative John Walsh 456 48.6
Majority 27 2.8
Turnout 939 87.4
Registered electors 1,074
Whig gain from Conservative
General election 1837: Radnorshire [3][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Walter Wilkins (d. 1840) Unopposed
Registered electors 1,944
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

Wilkins' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 10 June 1840: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Walsh Unopposed
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1841: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Walsh 973 65.9 New
Whig Alfred Harley[3][8] 504 34.1 N/A
Majority 469 31.8 N/A
Turnout 1,477 71.5 N/A
Registered electors 2,067
Conservative gain from Whig Swing N/A
General election 1847: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Walsh Unopposed
Registered electors 1,943
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s
General election 1852: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Walsh Unopposed
Registered electors 1,802
Conservative hold
General election 1857: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Walsh Unopposed
Registered electors 1,662
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Walsh Unopposed
Registered electors 1,656
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s
General election 1865: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Walsh Unopposed
Registered electors 1,597
Conservative hold

Walsh was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Ormathwaite and causing a by-election.

By-election, 28 April 1868: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Walsh Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1868: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Walsh Unopposed
Registered electors 2,216
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s
General election 1874: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Walsh 889 48.8 N/A
Liberal Richard Green-Price 832 45.7 New
Liberal George Augustus Haig[9] 100 5.5 New
Majority 57 3.1 N/A
Turnout 1,821 74.9 N/A
Registered electors 2,431
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s
General election 1880: Radnorshire [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Green-Price 1,137 58.7 +13.0
Conservative Robert Mynors[10] 800 41.3 −7.5
Majority 337 17.4 N/A
Turnout 1,937 79.6 +4.7
Registered electors 2,434
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +10.3
General election 1885: Radnorshire [11][12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Walsh 1,880 50.9 +9.6
Liberal Charles Rogers 1,813 49.1 −9.6
Majority 67 1.8 N/A
Turnout 3,693 81.4 +1.8
Registered electors 4,539
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +9.6
General election 1886: Radnorshire [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Walsh 1,910 53.4 +2.5
Liberal Richard Green-Price 1,668 46.6 -2.5
Majority 242 6.8 +5.0
Turnout 3,578 78.8 −2.6
Registered electors 4,539
Conservative hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 1890s
Bradney
General election 1892: Radnorshire [12][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Edwards 1,973 53.1 +6.5
Conservative Joseph Bradney 1,740 46.9 -6.5
Majority 233 6.2 N/A
Turnout 3,713 81.9 +3.1
Registered electors 4,535
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +6.5
General election 1895: Radnorshire [12][15][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Powlett Milbank 1,949 51.0 +4.1
Liberal Francis Edwards 1,870 49.0 -4.1
Majority 79 2.0 N/A
Turnout 3,819 78.9 −3.0
Registered electors 4,838
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1900s
Edwards
General election 1900: Radnorshire [11][12][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Edwards 2,082 52.1 +3.1
Conservative Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn 1,916 47.9 -3.1
Majority 166 4.2 N/A
Turnout 3,998 76.6 −2.3
Registered electors 5,219
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +3.1
General election 1906: Radnorshire [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Edwards 2,187 52.1 0.0
Conservative Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn 2,013 47.9 0.0
Majority 174 4.2 0.0
Turnout 4,200 76.8 +0.2
Registered electors 5,466
Liberal hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1910s
General election January 1910: Radnorshire [11][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn 2,222 50.2 +2.3
Liberal Francis Edwards 2,208 49.8 -2.3
Majority 14 0.4 N/A
Turnout 4,430 74.2 -2.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.3
General election December 1910: Radnorshire [11][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Edwards 2,224 50.5 +0.7
Conservative Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn 2,182 49.5 -0.7
Majority 42 1.0 N/A
Turnout 4,406 73.8 -0.4
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +0.7

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: William Lewis[17]
  • Unionist: Herbert Clark Lewis, 2nd Baron Merthyr|Herbert Clark Lewis[18]

References
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  4. Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 236. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  5. Created a baronet, 1907
  6. Escott, Margaret. "Radnorshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  7. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  8. "Hereford Times". 3 July 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "The Liberals of Radnorshire". South Wales Daily News. 6 May 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 18 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Radnor Elections". South Wales Daily News. 1 April 1880. p. 5. Retrieved 10 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
  12. The Liberal Year Book, 1907
  13. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886
  14. Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.
  15. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  16. Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
  17. The Times, 14 January 1914
  18. ‘MERTHYR’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2015 ; online edn, Feb 2015 accessed 27 Aug 2016

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