Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Radnorshire was created in 1542 as a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It elected one knight of the shire (MP) by the first past the post system.

Radnorshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Context: 1832-1868. Extract from 1837 result: the "singly" yellow major area
1542–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Brecon and Radnor

By 1918, having too small a relative population the area was combined with that of Breconshire to form Brecon and Radnor constituency.

Members of Parliament

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MPs 1542–1604

Parliament	Member
1542	John Baker, died 1544 and replaced by John Price [1]
1545	John Knill [1]
1547	Richard Blick[1]
1553 (Mar)
1553 (Oct)	Charles Vaughan[1]
1554 (Apr)	John Bradshaw[1]
1554 (Nov)	John Knill[1]
1555	Stephen Price[1]
1558	Ieuan Lewis[1]
1559 (Jan)	Thomas Lewis[2]
1562–1563	Thomas Lewis [2]
1571	Walter Price [2]
1572-1581	Roger Vaughan [2]
1584-1585	Thomas Lewis [2]
1586	Thomas Lewis [2]
1588 (Oct)	Ieuan Lewis [2]
1593	James Price [2]
1597-1598	James Price [2]
1601 (Oct)	James Price [2]

MPs 1604–1918

Election		Member	Party
	1604-1611	James Price
	1614	James Price
	1621-1622:	James Price
	1624	James Price
	1625	James Price
	1626	James Price
	1628	Richard Jones
	1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned
	November 1640	Charles Price	Royalist
	October 1642	Price disabled to sit - seat vacant
	1647	Arthur Annesley
	December 1648	Annesley excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant
1653		Radnorshire was not separately represented in the Barebones Parliament
Representation increased to two members, 1654
	1654	George Gwynne and Henry Williams
	1656	George Gwynne and Henry Williams
Representation reverted to one member, 1659
	January 1659	Henry Williams
	May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
	April 1660	George Gwynne
	1661	Sir Richard Lloyd
	1677	Richard Williams
	1679	Rowland Gwynne
	1685	Richard Williams
	1689	Rowland Gwynne
	1690	Richard Williams
	1692	John Jeffreys
	1698	Thomas Harley	Tory
	1715	Richard Fowler
	1722	Sir Humphrey Howorth	Whig
	1755	Howell Gwynne
	1761	Marquess of Carnarvon	Whig
	1768	Chase Price
	1777	Thomas Johnes
	1780	Thomas Johnes
	1784	Thomas Johnes
	1790	Thomas Johnes
	1796	Walter Wilkins	Whig[3][4]
	1828	Thomas Frankland Lewis	Tory[3]
	1834		Conservative[3]
	1835	Walter Wilkins	Whig[3][4]
	1840	Sir John Walsh	Conservative[3]
	1868	Hon. Arthur Walsh	Conservative
	1880	Sir Richard Green-Price	Liberal
	1885	Hon. Arthur Walsh	Conservative
	1892	Frank Edwards [5]	Liberal
	1895	Powlett Milbank	Conservative
	1900	Frank Edwards	Liberal
	January 1910	Sir Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	Conservative
	December 1910	Sir Frank Edwards	Liberal

Election results

Decades:

1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Radnorshire [3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Thomas Frankland Lewis	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 800
	Tory gain from Whig

General election 1831: Radnorshire [3][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Thomas Frankland Lewis	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 800
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Radnorshire [3][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Thomas Frankland Lewis	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,046
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Radnorshire [3][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Walter Wilkins (d. 1840)	483	51.4
	Conservative	John Walsh	456	48.6
Majority			27	2.8
Turnout			939	87.4
Registered electors			1,074
	Whig gain from Conservative

General election 1837: Radnorshire [3][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Walter Wilkins (d. 1840)	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,944
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

Wilkins' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 10 June 1840: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Walsh	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1841: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Walsh	973	65.9	New
	Whig	Alfred Harley[3][8]	504	34.1	N/A
Majority			469	31.8	N/A
Turnout			1,477	71.5	N/A
Registered electors			2,067
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

General election 1847: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Walsh	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,943
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Walsh	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,802
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Walsh	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,662
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Walsh	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,656
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Walsh	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,597
	Conservative hold

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

By-election, 28 April 1868: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Walsh	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Walsh	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,216
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Walsh	889	48.8	N/A
	Liberal	Richard Green-Price	832	45.7	New
	Liberal	George Augustus Haig[9]	100	5.5	New
Majority			57	3.1	N/A
Turnout			1,821	74.9	N/A
Registered electors			2,431
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Radnorshire [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Richard Green-Price	1,137	58.7	+13.0
	Conservative	Robert Mynors[10]	800	41.3	−7.5
Majority			337	17.4	N/A
Turnout			1,937	79.6	+4.7
Registered electors			2,434
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.3

General election 1885: Radnorshire [11][12][13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Walsh	1,880	50.9	+9.6
	Liberal	Charles Rogers	1,813	49.1	−9.6
Majority			67	1.8	N/A
Turnout			3,693	81.4	+1.8
Registered electors			4,539
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.6

General election 1886: Radnorshire [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Arthur Walsh	1,910	53.4	+2.5
	Liberal	Richard Green-Price	1,668	46.6	-2.5
Majority			242	6.8	+5.0
Turnout			3,578	78.8	−2.6
Registered electors			4,539
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1890s

Bradney

General election 1892: Radnorshire [12][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Francis Edwards	1,973	53.1	+6.5
	Conservative	Joseph Bradney	1,740	46.9	-6.5
Majority			233	6.2	N/A
Turnout			3,713	81.9	+3.1
Registered electors			4,535
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.5

General election 1895: Radnorshire [12][15][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Powlett Milbank	1,949	51.0	+4.1
	Liberal	Francis Edwards	1,870	49.0	-4.1
Majority			79	2.0	N/A
Turnout			3,819	78.9	−3.0
Registered electors			4,838
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.1

Elections in the 1900s

Edwards

General election 1900: Radnorshire [11][12][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Francis Edwards	2,082	52.1	+3.1
	Conservative	Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	1,916	47.9	-3.1
Majority			166	4.2	N/A
Turnout			3,998	76.6	−2.3
Registered electors			5,219
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.1

General election 1906: Radnorshire [11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Francis Edwards	2,187	52.1	0.0
	Conservative	Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	2,013	47.9	0.0
Majority			174	4.2	0.0
Turnout			4,200	76.8	+0.2
Registered electors			5,466
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Radnorshire [11][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	2,222	50.2	+2.3
	Liberal	Francis Edwards	2,208	49.8	-2.3
Majority			14	0.4	N/A
Turnout			4,430	74.2	-2.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.3

General election December 1910: Radnorshire [11][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Francis Edwards	2,224	50.5	+0.7
	Conservative	Charles Dillwyn-Venables-Llewellyn	2,182	49.5	-0.7
Majority			42	1.0	N/A
Turnout			4,406	73.8	-0.4
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+0.7

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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: William Lewis[17]
• Unionist: Herbert Clark Lewis, 2nd Baron Merthyr|Herbert Clark Lewis[18]

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