Llandaff and Barry (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1950}}

{{Infobox UK constituency main

|name = Llandaff and Barry

|parliament = uk

|map1 =

|map2 =

|map_entity =

|map_year =

|year = 1918

|abolished = 1950

|type = County

|elects_howmany = One

|previous = South Glamorganshire

|next = Barry and Cardiff West

|region = Wales

|county = Glamorganshire

|towns = Llandaff, Barry

}}

Llandaff and Barry was a county constituency centred on the towns of Llandaff and Barry in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election. Initial proposals were to call the division "Llandaff" but there was opposition from local representatives of Barry and Glamorgan.{{cite news |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4130648/4130653/35/ |title=Redistribution of South Glamorgan - Local Government Inquiry Held At Cardiff - Our New Division to be called Barry or Barry-Llandaff |work=Barry Dock News |date=20 July 1917 |page=5 }} The constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Barry, and the Rural District of Llandaff and Dinas Powis..

Members of Parliament

colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|1918	Sir William Cope	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|1929	Charles Lloyd	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|1931	Patrick Munro	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Conservative Party (UK)}}" \| \|1942 by-election	Cyril Lakin	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \|1945	Lynn Ungoed-Thomas	Labour
colspan="2" align="right"\|1950 \|colspan="2"\| constituency abolished

Elections

= Elections in the 1910s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1918: Llandaff and BarryBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = William Cope

|votes = 13,307

|percentage = 62.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate =Russell Lowell Jones

|votes = 6,607

|percentage = 30.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Charles Frederick Gilborne Sixsmith

|votes = 1,539

|percentage = 7.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,700

|percentage = 31.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 21,453

|percentage = 63.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

= Elections in the 1920s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1922: Llandaff and BarryBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = William Cope

|votes = 13,129

|percentage = 44.1

|change = -17.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = James Lovat-Fraser

|votes = 9,031

|percentage = 30.4

|change = -0.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Claxton Meggitt

|votes = 7,577

|percentage = 25.5

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,098

|percentage = 13.7

|change = -17.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 29,737

|percentage = 76.8

|change = +13.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = -8.7

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1923: Llandaff and BarryBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = William Cope

|votes = 11,050

|percentage = 37.9

|change = -6.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Elfyn Williams David

|votes = 10,213

|percentage = 35.1

|change = +9.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas F. Worrall

|votes = 7,871

|percentage = 27.0

|change = -3.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 837

|percentage = 2.8

|change = -10.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 29,134

|percentage = 72.1

|change = -4.7

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing = -7.9

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1924: Llandaff and BarryBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = William Cope

|votes = 15,801

|percentage = 46.8

|change = +8.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Lloyd

|votes = 11,609

|percentage = 34.3

|change = +7.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Elfyn Williams David

|votes = 6,389

|percentage = 18.9

|change = -16.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 4,192

|percentage = 12.5

|change = +9.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 33,799

|percentage = 80.2

|change = +8.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1929: Llandaff and BarryBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Lloyd

|votes = 21,468

|percentage = 40.8

|change = +6.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Unionist Party (UK)

|candidate = William Cope

|votes = 18,799

|percentage = 35.7

|change = -11.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Ewan Davies

|votes = 12,352

|percentage = 23.5

|change = +4.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,669

|percentage = 5.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 52,619

|percentage = 82.5

|change = +2.3

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Unionist Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

= Elections in the 1930s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1931: Llandaff and BarryBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Patrick Munro

|votes = 33,590

|percentage = 60.7

|change = +25.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Lloyd

|votes = 21,767

|percentage = 39.3

|change = +15.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,823

|percentage = 21.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 55,357

|percentage = 81.8

|change = -0.7

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1935: Llandaff and BarryBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Patrick Munro

|votes = 29,099

|percentage = 51.2

|change = -9.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Lloyd

|votes = 27,677

|percentage = 48.7

|change = +9.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,422

|percentage = 2.5

|change = -18.9

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 56,776

|percentage = 77.0

|change = -4.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|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: Patrick Munro
Labour: Lynn Ungoed-ThomasReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939

= Elections in the 1940s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=1942 Llandaff and Barry by-electionBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cyril Lakin

|votes = 19,408

|percentage = 56.9

|change = +5.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Socialist

|candidate = Kim Mackay

|votes = 13,753

|percentage = 40.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate

|party = Independent Welsh Nationalist|

|candidate = Rolle Malcolm Ritson Paton

|votes = 975

|percentage = 2.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5,655

|percentage = 16.6

|change = +14.1

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 34,136

|percentage = 41.5

|change = -35.5

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1945: Llandaff and BarryBritish Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Lynn Ungoed-Thomas

|votes = 33,706

|percentage = 47.5

|change = -1.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Cyril Lakin

|votes = 27,108

|percentage = 38.2

|change = -13.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate =Morgan Edward Bransby-Williams

|votes = 10,132

|percentage = 14.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,598

|percentage = 9.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 70,946

|percentage = 73.8

|change = -3.2

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

References

External links

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Category:Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Category:Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales

Category:Llandaff

Category:Politics of Glamorgan

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1918

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1950

Category:Constituencies of Cardiff