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Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)

Caernarfon was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Caernarfon in Wales. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

Caernarfon

Gwynedd

Caernarfon

One

Arfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd

One

District of Boroughs constituency

The constituency was created in 1536 as a District of Boroughs, represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. The District of Boroughs was abolished in 1950, and replaced with a county constituency of the same name, which was itself abolished in 2010.

History[edit]

Known as Carnarvon until 1832, and then as the Carnarvon Boroughs or Carnarvon District of Boroughs from 1832 to 1950 and as Caernarvon from 1950 to 1983, it is named after Caernarfon, the main town within the constituency. Its most famous member was David Lloyd George, who was MP for 55 years. When Lloyd George became prime minister in 1916 it became the first Welsh constituency to be represented by a serving prime minister. Plaid Cymru held the seat continuously from 1974 until its abolition in 2010, longer than they have held any other seat.

On petition, the election of Paget was declared void and Nanney was declared elected. The returning officer had included votes at Pwllheli which were not eligible, and these were deducted, leading to Nanney receiving 353 votes and Paget 343 votes. On a further petition, Paget was declared elected instead of Nanney.

1890 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election

1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election

List of parliamentary constituencies in Gwynedd

Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)

F. W. S. Craig

British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium, by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)

British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)

British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 – 1918

F. W. S. Craig

British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949

F. W. S. Craig

British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)

The House of Commons 1509–1558, by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)

The House of Commons 1558–1603, by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)

The House of Commons 1715–1754, by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)

The House of Commons 1754–1790, by Sir and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)

Lewis Namier

The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)

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