Merthyr Tydfil (UK Parliament constituency)

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Merthyr Tydfil was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. From 1832 to 1868 it returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and in 1868 this was increased to two members. The constituency was abolished for the 1918 general election.

It was re-established in 1950 as a single-member constituency, and abolished again for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney constituency.

Contents 1 Members of Parliament 1.1 MPs 1832-1868 1.2 MPs 1868-1918 1.3 MPs 1950-1983 2 Election results 3 References

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1832-1868

Year		Member	Party
	1832	Sir Josiah John Guest
	1852	Henry Austen Bruce	Liberal
1868		representation increased to two members

[edit] MPs 1868-1918

Year	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1868	increased to two members
1868		Henry Richard			Richard Fothergill
1880					Charles Herbert James
1888					David Alfred Thomas	Liberal
1888		William Pritchard Morgan
1900		James Keir Hardie	Labour
1910					Sir Edgar Rees Jones
1915		Charles Butt Stanton
1918	constituency abolished: see Merthyr and Aberdare

[edit] MPs 1950-1983

Year		Member	Party
1950		constituency re-established
	1950	Stephen Owen Davies	Labour
	1970		Independent Labour
	1972	Edward Rowlands	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney

[edit] Election results

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.