Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency)

This constituency comprised the whole of Glamorganshire.

For most of its history, the county constituency was represented by landowners from a small number of aristocratic families and this pattern continued until the nineteenth century. Following the Great Reform Act 1832 a second county seat was created.

By the 1850s it had become virtually impossible for a Tory candidate to be elected as a county member since the industrial and urban vote could be rallied against him. This was proved in 1857 when Nash Vaughan Edwards-Vaughan failed in his attempt to dislodge one of the sitting members.{{sfn|Campbell|2000|p=80}} Thereafter, until redistribution in 1885 led to the abolition of the constituency, the representation was shared by C. R. M. Talbot and Hussey Vivian. In line with Liberal party policy in two-member constituencies to run candidates from both wings of the party, the Whig aristocrat Talbot collaborated well with the more Radical Vivian.{{sfn|Campbell|2000|p=80}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1830: Glamorganshire{{cite web |last1=Escott |first1=Margaret |title=Glamorgan |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/glamorgan |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=6 May 2020}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|3,000}}

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1831: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|3,000}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Lewis Weston Dillwyn

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 3,680

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Lewis Weston Dillwyn

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 3,611

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Wyndham-Quin

|votes = 2,009

|percentage = 37.3

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

|votes = 1,794

|percentage = 33.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Josiah Guest

|votes = 1,590

|percentage = 29.5

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 3,601

|percentage = 82.3

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 4,373

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 419

|percentage = 7.8

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 204

|percentage = 3.8

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edwin Wyndham-Quin

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,384

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edwin Wyndham-Quin

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,775

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

Wyndham-Quin was appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 25 February 1851: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Tyler

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = George Tyler

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,424

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

|votes = 3,161

|percentage = 38.3

|change= N/A

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Henry Vivian

|votes = 3,002

|percentage = 36.4

|change= N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Nash Vaughan Edwards-Vaughan{{cite news |title=Local Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000396/18570404/025/0008 |access-date=30 August 2018 |work=Hereford Times |date=4 April 1857 |page=8 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 2,088

|percentage = 25.3

|change= N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 914

|percentage = 11.1

|change= N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,170 (est)

|percentage = 81.3 (est)

|change= N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,356

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{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Vivian

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,600

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Vivian

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,759

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Vivian

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 11,329

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Glamorganshire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Vivian

|votes = 4,100

|percentage = 35.7

|change = N/A

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

|votes = 4,040

|percentage = 35.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ivor Guest

|votes = 3,355

|percentage = 29.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 685

|percentage = 5.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 7,425 (est)

|percentage = 74.2 (est)

|change = N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,006

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Glamorganshire{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|page=526}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Vivian

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 12,811

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

{{reflist}}

• {{cite journal|last=Campbell|first=Thomas Methuen|title=C.R.M. Talbot 1803–1890|journal=Morgannwg|date=2000|volume=44|pages=66–104|url=http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1174908/article/000041850|access-date=17 May 2014}}
• {{cite journal|last=Morgan|first=Kenneth O.| author-link = Kenneth O. Morgan |title=Democratic Politics in Glamorgan, 1884–1914|journal=Morgannwg|date=1960|volume=4|pages=5–27|url=http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/viewobject/llgc-id:1170138/article/000042465}}

• A [http://www.londonancestor.com/maps/bc-yglam-th.htm map] of Glamorganshire in 1885, showing its new divisions.
• {{Rayment-hc|g|1|date=March 2012}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120329080002/http://visionofbritain.org.uk/iipmooviewer/iipmooviewer.html?fileName=bc_reports_1832_v4%2FGlamorganshire=Uncredited=H.M.S.O.=Boundary+Commission+Report+1832=Glamorganshire Boundary Commission review Original Map from 1832 showing Glamorganshire constituency]

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