Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)#1542-1640

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

{{Compact ToC election decades|

|decade1 = 1840s

|decade2 = 1850s

|decade3 = 1860s

|decade4 = 1870s

|decade5 = 1880s

|decade6 = 1890s

|decade7 = 1900s

|decade8 = 1910s

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{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1830: Radnorshire {{cite web |last1=Escott |first1=Margaret |title=Radnorshire |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/radnorshire |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=7 May 2020}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas Frankland Lewis

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|800}}

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas Frankland Lewis

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|800}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Thomas Frankland Lewis

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 1,046

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Tories (British political party)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Walter Wilkins (d. 1840)|Walter Wilkins

|votes = 483

|percentage= 51.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Walsh

|votes = 456

|percentage= 48.6

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 27

|percentage= 2.8

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 939

|percentage= 87.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 1,074

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Walter Wilkins (d. 1840)|Walter Wilkins

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 1,944

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

Wilkins' death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 10 June 1840: Radnorshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Walsh

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Walsh

|votes = 973

|percentage = 65.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Alfred Harley{{cite news |title=Hereford Times |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000396/18410703/039/0003 |access-date=14 August 2019 |date=3 July 1841 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 504

|percentage = 34.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 469

|percentage = 31.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,477

|percentage = 71.5

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,067

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Walsh

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,943

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Walsh

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,802

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Walsh

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,662

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Walsh

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,656

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Walsh

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,597

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 28 April 1868: Radnorshire

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Arthur Walsh

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Arthur Walsh

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,216

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

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

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Arthur Walsh

|votes= 889

|percentage= 48.8

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Richard Green-Price

|votes= 832

|percentage =45.7

|change= New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= George Augustus Haig{{cite news|title=The Liberals of Radnorshire|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000919/18730506/008/0002|access-date=18 January 2018|work=South Wales Daily News|date=6 May 1873|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 100

|percentage =5.5

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 57

|percentage= 3.1

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 1,821

|percentage= 74.9

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,431

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner =Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1880: Radnorshire {{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}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Richard Green-Price

|votes=1,137

|percentage=58.7

|change=+13.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Robert Mynors{{cite news|title=Radnor Elections|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000919/18800401/044/0005|access-date=10 December 2017|work=South Wales Daily News|date=1 April 1880|page=5|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 800

|percentage= 41.3

|change= −7.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 337

|percentage= 17.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 1,937

|percentage= 79.6

|change=+4.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,434

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+10.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Radnorshire British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918, FWS CraigThe Liberal Year Book, 1907Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1886

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Walsh

|votes=1,880

|percentage=50.9

|change= +9.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Rogers

|votes=1,813

|percentage=49.1

|change=−9.6

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=67

|percentage=1.8

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=3,693

|percentage=81.4

|change=+1.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,539

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+9.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Radnorshire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Walsh

|votes=1,910

|percentage=53.4

|change=+2.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Richard Green-Price

|votes=1,668

|percentage=46.6

|change=-2.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=242

|percentage=6.8

|change=+5.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=3,578

|percentage=78.8

|change=−2.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,539

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+2.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:Joseph Alfred Bradney, ca 1887.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Radnorshire {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis Edwards

|votes=1,973

|percentage=53.1

|change=+6.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Joseph Bradney

|votes=1,740

|percentage=46.9

|change=-6.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=233

|percentage=6.2

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=3,713

|percentage=81.9

|change=+3.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,535

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+6.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Radnorshire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Powlett Milbank

|votes=1,949

|percentage=51.0

|change=+4.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis Edwards

|votes=1,870

|percentage=49.0

|change=-4.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=79

|percentage=2.0

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=3,819

|percentage=78.9

|change=−3.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,838

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+4.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

File:1906 Francis Edwards MP.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Radnorshire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis Edwards

|votes=2,082

|percentage=52.1

|change=+3.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn

|votes=1,916

|percentage=47.9

|change=-3.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=166

|percentage=4.2

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=3,998

|percentage=76.6

|change=−2.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,219

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+3.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Radnorshire

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis Edwards

|votes=2,187

|percentage=52.1

|change= 0.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn

|votes=2,013

|percentage=47.9

|change= 0.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=174

|percentage=4.2

|change= 0.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=4,200

|percentage=76.8

|change= +0.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,466

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing= 0.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: Radnorshire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn

|votes=2,222

|percentage=50.2

|change=+2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis Edwards

|votes=2,208

|percentage=49.8

|change=-2.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=14

|percentage=0.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=4,430

|percentage=74.2

|change=-2.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+2.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election December 1910: Radnorshire Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis Edwards

|votes=2,224

|percentage=50.5

|change=+0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewelyn

|votes=2,182

|percentage=49.5

|change=-0.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=42

|percentage=1.0

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=4,406

|percentage=73.8

|change=-0.4

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+0.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: William LewisThe Times, 14 January 1914
• Unionist: Herbert Clark Lewis, 2nd Baron Merthyr‘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 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U214029, accessed 27 Aug 2016]

{{reflist}}

• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [http://www2.odl.ox.ac.uk/gsdl/cgi-bin/library?e=p-000-00---0modhis06--00-0-0-0prompt-10---4------0-1l--1-en-50---20-about---00001-001-1-1isoZz-8859Zz-1-0&a=d&cl=CL1]
• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• J E Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
• [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030498939#page/n193/mode/2up W R Williams The Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales]
• {{Rayment-hc|r|1|date=March 2012}}

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