Glamorganshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
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Glamorganshire was a United Kingdom constituencies, parliamentary constituency in Wales, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the British House of Commons. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 divided it into five new constituencies: East Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency), East Glamorganshire, South Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency), South Glamorganshire, Mid Glamorganshire (UK Parliament constituency), Mid Glamorganshire, Gower (UK Parliament constituency), Gower and Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency), Rhondda.


Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of Glamorganshire.


History

For most of its history, the county constituency was represented by landowners from a small number of aristocratic families and this pattern continued until the nineteenth century. Following the Great Reform Act of 1832 a second county seat was created. By the 1850s it had become virtually impossible for a Tory candidate to be elected as a county member since the industrial and urban vote could be rallied against him. This was proved in 1857 when Nash Vaughan Edwards-Vaughan failed in his attempt to dislodge one of the sitting members. Thereafter, until redistribution in 1885 led to the abolition of the constituency, the representation was shared by Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, C.R.M. Talbot and Henry Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Swansea, Hussey Vivian. In line with Liberal party policy in two-member constituencies to run candidates from both wings of the party, the Whig aristocrat Talbot collaborated well with the more Radical Vivian.


Members of Parliament


MPs 1541–1832


MPs 1832–1885


Election results


Elections in the 1830s


Elections in the 1840s


Elections in the 1850s

Wyndham-Quin was appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.


Elections in the 1860s


Elections in the 1870s


Elections in the 1880s


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of Glamorganshire in 1885, showing its new divisions. *{{Rayment-hc, g, 1, date=March 2012

Politics of Glamorgan Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1536 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885