Glamorganshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1536–1885 | |
Seats | two |
Replaced by | East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda |
Glamorganshire was a parliamentary constituency in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda.
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 of 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.[1] 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.[1]
Election | First member | 1st Party | 2nd member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | representation increased to two members under the Reform Act 1832 | |||||
1832 | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Whig[2][3][4][5] | Lewis Weston Dillwyn | Whig[2][4][3][6][7] | ||
1837 | Edwin Wyndham-Quin, Viscount Adare | Conservative[2][8] | ||||
1851 | George Tyler | Conservative[8] | ||||
1857 | Sir Henry Vivian | Whig[9][10][11] | ||||
1859 | Liberal[8] | Liberal[8] | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished: see East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire, Gower and Rhondda |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 3,000 | ||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 3,000 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Lewis Weston Dillwyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,680 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Lewis Weston Dillwyn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,611 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Edward Wyndham-Quin | 2,009 | 37.3 | ||
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | 1,794 | 33.3 | ||
Whig | John Josiah Guest | 1,590 | 29.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,601 | 82.3 | |||
Registered electors | 4,373 | ||||
Majority | 215 | 4.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | |||||
Majority | 204 | 3.8 | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edwin Wyndham-Quin | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,384 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Edwin Wyndham-Quin | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,775 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Wyndham-Quin was appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Tyler | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | George Tyler | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,424 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | 3,161 | 38.3 | N/A | |
Whig | Henry Vivian | 3,002 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nash Vaughan Edwards-Vaughan[13] | 2,088 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 914 | 11.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,170 (est) | 81.3 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,356 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,600 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,759 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 11,329 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Henry Vivian | 4,100 | 35.7 | N/A | |
Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | 4,040 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ivor Guest | 3,355 | 29.2 | New | |
Majority | 685 | 5.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,425 (est) | 74.2 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,006 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot | Unopposed | |||
Liberal | Henry Vivian | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 12,811 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Liberal hold |