Carmarthen (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Carmarthen Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1542 |
| Abolished: | 1997 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Carmarthen was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from its creation in 1542 until it was abolished for the 1997 general election.
After its abolition, it was partly replaced by the new Carmarthen East and Dinefwr constituency, and partly by Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
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[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs pre-1882
- William Aubrey (1554)[1]
[edit] MPs since 1882
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1882 by-election | John Jones Jenkins | Liberal | |
| 1886 | Emile Algernon Arthur Keppel Cowell-Stepney | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1892 | Evan Rowland Jones | Liberal | |
| 1895 | John Jones Jenkins | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1900 | Alfred Davies | Liberal | |
| 1906 | William Llewelyn Williams | Liberal | |
| 1918 | John Hinds | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1923 | Sir Ellis Ellis-Griffith | Liberal | |
| 1924 by-election | Alfred Mond | Liberal | |
| 1928 by-election | William Nathaniel Jones | Liberal | |
| 1929 | Daniel Hopkin | Labour | |
| 1931 | Richard Thomas Evans | Liberal | |
| 1935 | Daniel Hopkin | Labour | |
| 1941 by-election | Ronw Moelwyn Hughes | Labour | |
| 1945 | Rhys Hopkin Morris | Liberal | |
| 1957 by-election | Megan Lloyd-George | Labour | |
| 1966 by-election | Gwynfor Evans | Plaid Cymru | |
| 1970 | Gwynoro Jones | Labour | |
| Oct. 1974 | Gwynfor Evans | Plaid Cymru | |
| 1979 | Roger Thomas | Labour | |
| 1987 | Alan Wynne Williams | Labour | |
| 1997 | constituency abolished. See Carmarthen East & Dinefwr and Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire |
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[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- ^ Watkin, Thomas Glyn (January 2008). Aubrey, William (c.1529–1595). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription required). Oxford University Press. Retrieved on 2008-02-24.
