Cardiff East (1918–1950)
UK Parliament constituency (1918–1950)
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Cardiff East was a parliamentary constituency in Cardiff which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.
| Cardiff East | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Cardiff |
| Replaced by | Cardiff North and Cardiff South East |
Boundaries
Cardiff East included the County Borough of Cardiff wards of Park, Roath, and Splott.
The ward was abolished in 1950, with Roath and Splott becoming part of the new Cardiff South East ward and the remainder joining Cardiff North.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Sir William Seager | Liberal | |
| 1922 | Lewis Lougher | Unionist | |
| 1923 | Sir Henry Webb | Liberal | |
| 1924 | Sir Clement Kinloch-Cooke | Unionist | |
| 1929 | James Edmunds | Labour | |
| 1931 | Owen Temple-Morris | Conservative | |
| 1942 by-election | Sir James Grigg | National | |
| 1945 | Hilary Marquand | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Seager | 7,963 | 40.8 | N/A | |
| Unionist | Colum Crichton-Stuart | 5,978 | 30.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Arthur Williams | 5,554 | 28.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,985 | 10.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 19,495 | 64.6 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 30,164 | ||||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Seager received Coalition Government endorsement letter which was later withdrawn
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Lewis Lougher | 8,804 | 36.8 | +6.1 | |
| Liberal | Henry Webb | 7,622 | 31.8 | −9.0 | |
| Labour | Arthur Williams | 7,506 | 31.4 | +2.9 | |
| Majority | 1,182 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,932 | 81.0 | +16.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 29,532 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Henry Webb | 8,536 | 35.8 | +4.0 | |
| Labour | Hugh Dalton | 7,812 | 32.7 | +1.3 | |
| Unionist | Lewis Lougher | 7,513 | 31.5 | −5.3 | |
| Majority | 724 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 23,861 | 79.3 | −1.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 30,100 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +1.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 10,036 | 40.3 | +8.8 | |
| Labour | Harold Lloyd | 8,156 | 32.8 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal | Donald Maclean | 6,684 | 26.9 | −8.9 | |
| Majority | 1,880 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 24,876 | 82.3 | +3.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 30,218 | ||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Edmunds | 12,813 | 39.0 | +6.2 | |
| Liberal | John Emlyn-Jones | 10,500 | 31.9 | +5.0 | |
| Unionist | Clement Kinloch-Cooke | 9,563 | 29.1 | −11.2 | |
| Majority | 2,313 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 32,876 | 82.1 | −0.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 40,061 | ||||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Owen Temple-Morris | 12,465 | 38.6 | +8.5 | |
| Labour | James Edmunds | 10,292 | 31.8 | −7.2 | |
| Liberal | John Emlyn-Jones | 9,559 | 29.6 | −2.3 | |
| Majority | 2,173 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 32,316 | 80.2 | −7.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 40,316 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Owen Temple-Morris | 16,048 | 53.4 | +14.8 | |
| Labour | William Bennett | 11,362 | 37.8 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal | Aubrey Willis Pile | 2,623 | 8.7 | −20.9 | |
| Majority | 4,686 | 15.6 | +8.8 | ||
| Turnout | 30,033 | 73.1 | −8.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 41,076 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
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;
- Conservative: Owen Temple-Morris
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | James Grigg | 10,030 | 75.2 | N/A | |
| Ind. Labour Party | Fenner Brockway | 3,311 | 24.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6,719 | 50.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 13,341 | 33.1 | −40.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 40,254 | ||||
| National hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hilary Marquand | 16,299 | 50.7 | +12.9 | |
| National | James Grigg | 11,306 | 35.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal | John Emlyn-Jones | 4,523 | 14.1 | +5.4 | |
| Majority | 4,993 | 15.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 32,128 | 74.9 | +1.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 42,950 | ||||
| Labour gain from National | Swing | ||||
The Western Mail described Sir James Grigg's defeat as "the most grievous" in the Cardiff area, considering Grigg had served as War Minister in the National government and "had proved an exceptionally valuable representative of Welsh interests in the highest quarter."[3]