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Carmarthen was a borough constituency of the House of Commons in the English Parliament and later the UK Parliament. It existed between 1542 until 1832 representing the town of Carmarthen, Wales. In 1832 it was expanded and named Carmarthen Boroughs from 1832 until 1918. A county-wide constituency of Carmarthenshire also existed between 1542 and 1885.

In 1918 Carmarthen Boroughs was abolished and a new county-wide division with the name Carmarthen was established.

History

Until 1832, Carmarthen was a borough constituency consisting of the town of Carmarthen.

Between 1832 and 1918 Carmarthen was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of Carmarthen itself and Llanelli, and was sometimes called "The Carmarthen Boroughs". A county-wide constituency also existed, called Carmarthenshire, until 1885 (at which point it was split into East and West).

In 1918, the Carmarthen borough constituency was abolished, but the name was transferred to the new county-wide division of Carmarthen.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1542–1640

1640–1832

1832–1918: Carmarthen Boroughs

Elections

Elections in the 19th century

Elections in the 1830s

At the 1830 general election, rioting broke out during polling, at which point John Jones and his Whig rival, John George Philipps, had secured three votes apiece. The vote was abandoned and a by-election was called four months later in December.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 20th century

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Notes and references

1. ^ "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
2. Watkin, Thomas Glyn (January 2008). "Aubrey, William (c.1529–1595)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/887. Retrieved 24 February 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. ^ "History of Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
5. On petition, Magens was found not to have been duly elected, and his opponent Phillips was seated in his place
6. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. p. 184.
7. Churton, Edward (1836). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836. p. 163.
8. "Carmarthen". Dublin Evening Post. 29 June 1841. p. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. Created a baronet, 1871
10. Succeeded to baronetcy, 1877
11. ^ Escott, Margaret. "Carmarthen". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
12. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
13. "The Battle of the Boroughs". Carmarthen Weekly Reporter. 28 November 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 3 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
14. "The nomination for Carmarthen Boroughs". The Illustrated London News. 7 January 1882. p. 15. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
15. ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885–1918 (Craig)
16. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan.

Sources

• Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807)
• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808)
• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 – England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)

• Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1542
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1832
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
• Politics of Carmarthenshire