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Cardiff Central (1918–1950 UK Parliament constituency)

For the Cardiff Central constituency from 1983 to 2024, see Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency).

Cardiff Central was a borough constituency[n 1] in the city of Cardiff. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Cardiff Central
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1950
Seatsone
Created fromCardiff
Replaced byCardiff North and Cardiff West

A similarly named Cardiff Central constituency, covering a different area of Cardiff, was created in 1983.

Boundaries

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Wards of Cardiff, 1890

1918–1950: The County Borough of Cardiff wards of Canton, Cathays, Central, and Riverside.

The constituency spanned either side of the River Taff. It was abolished in 1950, with Cathays and Central becoming part of the new Cardiff North division, while Canton and Riverside became part of the new Cardiff West division.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1918–1950

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Election Member[1][2] Party
1918 James Childs Gould Unionist
1924 Lewis Lougher Unionist
1929 Ernest Bennett Labour
1931 National Labour
1945 George Thomas Labour
1950 constituency abolished

Elections

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Elections 1918–1945

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Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Cardiff Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Childs Gould* 8,542 41.1 N/A
Labour James Edmunds 4,663 22.4 N/A
Liberal George Frederick Forsdike 4,172 20.1 N/A
Ind. Unionist Robert Hughes 3,419 16.4 N/A
Majority 3,879 18.7 N/A
Turnout 20,839[4][a] 57.0 N/A
Registered electors 36,557
Unionist win (new seat)
  • coupon issued but withdrawn.

The Unionist vote was split and, though Robert Hughes managed to save his £150 deposit, he did not turn up to hear the results.[4]

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Cardiff Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Childs Gould 13,885 50.0 8.9
Labour James Edmunds 8,169 29.4 7.0
Liberal Charles Fletcher Sanders 5,732 20.6 0.5
Majority 5,716 20.6 1.9
Turnout 27,786 74.4 17.5
Registered electors 37,326
Unionist hold Swing 1.0
General election 1923: Cardiff Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist James Childs Gould 10,261 38.4 −11.6
Labour James Edmunds 8,563 32.0 2.6
Liberal Ieuan Watkins Evans 7,923 29.6 9.0
Majority 1,698 6.4 −14.2
Turnout 26,747 71.4 −3.0
Registered electors 37,444
Unionist hold Swing -7.1
General election 1924: Cardiff Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Lewis Lougher 14,537 49.7 11.3
Labour David Pole 9,864 33.8 1.8
Liberal Aneurin Edwards 4,805 16.5 −13.1
Majority 4,673 15.9 9.5
Turnout 29,206 76.8 5.4
Registered electors 38,026
Unionist hold Swing 4.8
General election 1929: Cardiff Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Bennett 14,469 39.1 5.3
Unionist Lewis Lougher 12,903 34.9 −14.8
Liberal Barnett Janner 9,623 26.0 9.5
Majority 1,566 4.2 N/A
Turnout 36,995 78.2 1.4
Registered electors 47,282
Labour gain from Unionist Swing 10.1

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Cardiff Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labour Ernest Bennett 24,120 69.2 N/A
Labour Edward Archbold 10,758 30.8 −8.3
Majority 13,362 38.4 N/A
Turnout 34,878 72.6 −5.6
Registered electors 48,065
National Labour gain from Labour Swing
General election 1935: Cardiff Central[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Labour Ernest Bennett 16,954 51.5 −17.7
Labour John Dugdale 12,094 36.8 6.0
Liberal William Glanville Brown 3,863 11.7 N/A
Majority 4,860 14.7 −23.7
Turnout 32,911 68.7 −3.9
Registered electors 47,912
National Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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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 from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

General election 1945: Cardiff Central[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour T. George Thomas 16,506 49.1 12.3
Conservative Charles Stuart Hallinan 11,982 35.7 N/A
Liberal Peter Hopkin Morgan 5,121 15.2 3.5
Majority 4,524 13.4 N/A
Turnout 33,609 72.3 3.6
Registered electors 46,505
Labour gain from National Labour Swing

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  1. ^ "42 bad papers and one paper unaccounted for"

References

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  1. ^ "Cardiff Central 1918–1950". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Craig, F. W. S. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (1 ed.). Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. ISBN 0-900178-019. Page 534
  4. ^ a b "Wales United - Nearly Solid For Coalition - Great Rout Of I.L.P. and Pacifist Group - CARDIFF CENTRAL-MR J.C. GOULD M.P.". Western Mail. 30 December 1918. p. 5.
  5. ^ "All The Declarations In The General Election Of July 5". Western Mail. 27 July 1945. p. 3.
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