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Caernarfon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Caernarfon was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Caernarfon in Wales. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

Caernarfon
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Caernarfon in Wales for the 2005 general election
Preserved countyGwynedd
Major settlementsCaernarfon
1950–2010
SeatsOne
Replaced byArfon and Dwyfor Meirionnydd
1536–1950
SeatsOne
Type of constituencyDistrict of Boroughs constituency
See also: Caernarfon (Assembly constituency)

The constituency was created in 1536 as a District of Boroughs, represented in the House of Commons of England until 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950. The District of Boroughs was abolished in 1950, and replaced with a county constituency of the same name, which was itself abolished in 2010.

History

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Known as Carnarvon until 1832, and then as the Carnarvon Boroughs or Carnarvon District of Boroughs from 1832 to 1950 and as Caernarvon from 1950 to 1983, it is named after Caernarfon, the main town within the constituency. Its most famous member was David Lloyd George, who was MP for 55 years. When Lloyd George became prime minister in 1916 it became the first Welsh constituency to be represented by a serving prime minister. Plaid Cymru held the seat continuously from 1974 until its abolition in 2010, longer than they have held any other seat.

Boundaries

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The constituency names, in this section, follow the format and the spelling used by F. W. S. Craig in his British Parliamentary Election Results series. Variations may be found in other sources.

Caernarvon 1536–1832

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On the basis of information from several volumes of the History of Parliament, it is apparent that the history of the borough representation from Wales and Monmouthshire is more complicated than that of the English boroughs.

The Laws in Wales Act 1535 (26 Hen. 8. c. 26) provided for a single borough seat for each of 11 of the 12 Welsh counties and Monmouthshire. The legislation, which was passed in 1536 (using the modern civil year starting on 1 January), was ambiguous as to which communities were enfranchised. The county towns were awarded a seat, but this in some fashion represented all the ancient boroughs of the county, as the others were required to contribute to the member's wages. It is not clear if the burgesses of the contributing boroughs could vote. The only election under the original scheme was for the 1542 parliament. It seems that only burgesses from the county towns actually took part. The Parliament Act 1543 (35 Hen. 8. c. 11) confirmed that the contributing boroughs could send representatives to take part in the election at the county town. As far as can be told from surviving indentures of returns, the degree to which the out boroughs participated varied, but by the end of the 16th century all the seats had some participation from them at some elections at least.

The original scheme was modified by later legislation and decisions of the House of Commons, which were sometimes made with no regard to precedent or evidence: for example in 1728 it was decided that only the freemen of the borough of Montgomery could participate in the election for that seat, thus disenfranchising the freemen of Llanidloes, Welshpool and Llanfyllin.

In the case of Caernarvonshire (now Caernarfonshire), the county town was Caernarvon (now known as Caernarfon). The out boroughs were Conway (now Conwy), Criccieth (or Cricieth), Nevin (now known as Nefyn), and Pwllheli. The freemen of the five boroughs were entitled to vote. In the 1715–1754 period there were estimated to be about 1,600 freemen, of whom about 1,200 were non-resident. Later in the 18th century the estimated electorate was about 1,000 freemen.

Caernarvon Boroughs 1832–1950

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The Caernarvon Boroughs was a district of boroughs constituency, which grouped a number of parliamentary boroughs in Caernarvonshire into one single member constituency. The voters in each participating borough cast ballots, which were added together over the whole district to decide the result of the poll. The enfranchised communities in this district, from 1832, were the six boroughs of Caernarvon, Bangor, Conway, Criccieth, Nevin, and Pwllheli.

The exact boundaries of the parliamentary boroughs in the district were altered by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1868, but the general nature of the constituency was unchanged. There were no further boundary changes in the 1885 redistribution of parliamentary seats.

In 1918 the constituency was redefined, to include the then local government areas of the Municipal Boroughs of Bangor, Caernarvon, Conway, and Pwllheli; the Urban Districts of Criccieth, Llandudno, Llanfairfechan and Penmaenmawr, as well as the parish of Nevin.

From 1918 to 1950 the administrative county of Caernarvonshire was divided into two seats: Caernarvon Boroughs and a Caernarvonshire county constituency. The territory of the borough seat was enclaved within the county constituency. Different local authorities, included in the borough constituency, were not necessarily adjoining.

Caernarvon 1950–1983

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The redistribution, which took effect in 1950, created two Caernarvonshire county divisions – Caernarvon in the south-western two thirds of the county and Conway (later spelt Conwy) in the north-eastern third. The new divisions included territory which had come from both of the two old seats.

The local authorities, whose territories were combined to form the constituency in 1950, were the Municipal Boroughs of Caernarvon, and Pwllheli; the Urban Districts of Criccieth, and Portmadoc; as well as the Rural Districts of Gwyrfai and Lleyn. This arrangement was not altered by the redistribution which took effect in February 1974, which was based on the pre-1974 local government boundaries.

From 1 April 1974, a new pattern of counties was created in Wales. This constituency became part of the county of Gwynedd.

Caernarfon from 1983

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In the redistribution of 1983, the spelling of the official name of the constituency was changed. The constituency boundary was unchanged, but it was redefined in terms of the local authorities created in 1974. It comprised the Borough of Arfon wards numbered 8 to 12 and 16 to 29, together with the District of Dwyfor.

In 1996 Welsh local government was again reorganised. Arfon and Dwyfor became part of a Gwynedd unitary authority.

The Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1995, based on the pre-1996 local authority areas, came into effect in 1997. It defined this constituency as:-

(i) The following wards of the Borough of Arfon, namely, Bethel, Bontnewydd, Cadnant, Deiniolen, Llanberis, Llandwrog, Llanllyfni, Llanrug, Llanwnda, Menai (Caernarfon), Peb-lig, Penisarwaun, Penygroes, Seiont, Talysarn, Waunfawr and Y Felinheli; and

(ii) the District of Dwyfor.

Following radical boundary changes undertaken by the Boundary Commission for Wales, this seat was abolished in time for the general election in 2010, replaced by Arfon and part of Dwyfor Meirionnydd.

Members of Parliament 1536–2010

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Election Member[1] Party
1542 John Puleston[2]
1545 Robert Gruffydd[2]
1547 Robert Puleston[2]
1553 (Mar) Gruffydd Davies[2]
1553 (Oct) Henry Robins[2]
1554 (Apr) Henry Robins[2]
1554 (Nov) Sir Rhys Gruffydd[2]
1555 Sir Rhys Gruffydd[3]
1558 Robert Gruffydd[2]
1558–9 Maurice Davies[4]
1563 John Harington[4]
1571 John Griffith[4]
1572 John Griffith[4]
1584 Edward Griffith[4]
1586 William Griffith I[4]
1588 Robert Wynn[4]
1593 Robert Griffith[4]
1597 John Owen[4]
1601 Nicholas Griffith[4]
1604 John Griffith, died
replaced by Clement Edmondes
1614 Nicholas Griffith
1621 Nicholas Griffith
1624 Peter Mutton
1625 Edward Littleton, sat for Leominster
replaced by Robert Jones
1626 Edward Littleton, sat for Leominster
replaced by Robert Jones
1628 Edward Littleton
1640 April John Glynne
1640 November William Thomas, disabled 1644
1647 William Foxwist
Not represented in Parliaments of 1653, 1654 and 1656
1659 Robert Williams
1660 William Glynne
1661 William Griffith
1679 Thomas Mostyn
1685 John Griffith
1689 Sir Robert Owen
1698 Sir John Wynn, Bt
1705 Thomas Bulkeley
1708 William Griffith
1713 Sir Thomas Wynn, Bt
1749 Sir William Wynn
1754 Robert Wynne
1761 Sir John Wynn, Bt
1768 Glyn Wynn
1790 Lord Paget
1796 Hon. Edward Paget
1806 Hon. Sir Charles Paget
1826 Lord William Paget Whig[5]
1830 William Ormsby-Gore Tory[5]
1831 Hon. Sir Charles Paget Whig[5]
1833 Owen Jones Ellis Nanney Tory[5]
1833 Hon. Sir Charles Paget Whig[5]
1835 Sir Love Jones-Parry Whig[5]
1837 William Bulkeley Hughes Conservative[5]
1846 Peelite[6]
1859 Charles Wynne Conservative
1865 William Bulkeley Hughes Liberal
1882 Love Jones-Parry Liberal
1886 Edmund Swetenham Conservative
1890 David Lloyd George Liberal
1916 Coalition Liberal
1922 National Liberal
1923 Liberal
1945 By-election Seaborne Davies Liberal
1945 David Price-White Conservative
1950 Goronwy Roberts Labour
Feb 1974 Dafydd Wigley Plaid Cymru
2001 Hywel Williams Plaid Cymru
2010 Constituency abolished: see Arfon (UK Parliament constituency)

Elections

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Election results since 1900

Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Caernarfon[5][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory William Ormsby-Gore Unopposed
Tory gain from Whig
General election 1831: Caernarfon[5][7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Charles Paget 274 50.9
Tory William Ormsby-Gore 264 49.1
Majority 10 1.8
Turnout 538
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1832: Caernarfon[5][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Paget 410 53.0 +2.1
Tory Owen Jones Ellis Nanney 363 47.0 −2.1
Majority 47 6.0 +4.2
Turnout 773 90.4
Registered electors 855
Whig hold Swing +2.1
  • On petition, the election of Paget was declared void and Nanney was declared elected. The returning officer had included votes at Pwllheli which were not eligible, and these were deducted, leading to Nanney receiving 353 votes and Paget 343 votes. On a further petition, Paget was declared elected instead of Nanney.
General election 1835: Caernarfon[5][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Love Jones-Parry 378 51.9 −1.1
Conservative Owen Jones Ellis Nanney 350 48.1 +1.1
Majority 28 3.8 −2.2
Turnout 728 79.4 −11.0
Registered electors 917
Whig hold Swing −1.1
General election 1837: Caernarfon[5][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Bulkeley Hughes 405 51.3 +3.2
Whig Charles Henry Paget 385 48.7 −3.2
Majority 20 2.4 N/A
Turnout 790 71.9 −7.5
Registered electors 1,099
Conservative gain from Whig Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Bulkeley Hughes 416 51.8 +0.5
Whig George Paget[9] 387 48.2 −0.5
Majority 29 3.6 +1.2
Turnout 803 78.6 +6.7
Registered electors 1,021
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
General election 1847: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite William Bulkeley Hughes Unopposed
Registered electors 888
Peelite gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite William Bulkeley Hughes 369 57.2 N/A
Radical Richard Davies[10][11] 276 42.8 N/A
Majority 93 14.4 N/A
Turnout 645 74.9 N/A
Registered electors 861
Peelite hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peelite William Bulkeley Hughes Unopposed
Registered electors 919
Peelite hold
General election 1859: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Wynne 380 53.7 N/A
Liberal William Bulkeley Hughes 328 46.3 N/A
Majority 52 7.4 N/A
Turnout 708 76.2 N/A
Registered electors 929
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Bulkeley Hughes Unopposed
Registered electors 1,070
Liberal gain from Conservative
General election 1868: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Bulkeley Hughes 1,601 60.4 N/A
Conservative Thomas John Wynn, 5th Baron Newborough 1,051 39.6 New
Majority 550 20.8 N/A
Turnout 2,652 78.6 N/A
Registered electors 3,376
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Bulkeley Hughes Unopposed
Registered electors 3,833
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Bulkeley Hughes Unopposed
Registered electors 4,157
Liberal hold

Hughes' death caused a by-election.

By-election, 30 Mar 1882: Caernarfon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Love Jones-Parry 2,037 77.4 N/A
Independent Liberal Robert Sorton-Parry[12] 596 22.6 New
Majority 1,441 54.8 N/A
Turnout 2,633 62.3 N/A
Registered electors 4,223
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1885: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Love Jones-Parry 1,923 50.9 N/A
Conservative Edmund Swetenham 1,858 49.1 New
Majority 65 1.8 N/A
Turnout 3,781 84.5 N/A
Registered electors 4,476
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1886: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edmund Swetenham 1,820 51.9 +2.8
Liberal Love Jones-Parry 1,684 48.1 –2.8
Majority 136 3.8 N/A
Turnout 3,504 78.3 –6.2
Registered electors 4,476
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1890s

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By-election 1890: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 1,963 50.2 +2.1
Conservative Hugh Ellis-Nanney 1,945 49.8 –2.1
Majority 18 0.4 N/A
Turnout 3,908 89.5 +11.2
Registered electors 4,366
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.1
General election 1892: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 2,154 52.4 +4.3
Conservative John Henry Puleston 1,958 47.6 –4.3
Majority 196 4.8 N/A
Turnout 4,112 87.1 +8.8
Registered electors 4,723
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +4.3
 
David Lloyd George
General election 1895: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 2,265 52.2 –0.2
Conservative Hugh Ellis-Nanney 2,071 47.8 +0.2
Majority 194 4.4 –0.4
Turnout 4,336 88.8 +1.7
Registered electors 4,881
Liberal hold Swing –0.2

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 2,412 53.3 +1.1
Conservative Henry Platt (banker) 2,116 46.7 –1.1
Majority 296 6.6 +2.2
Turnout 4,528 87.0 –1.8
Registered electors 5,202
Liberal hold Swing +1.1
 
David Lloyd George
General election 1906: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 3,221 61.7 +8.4
Conservative R A Naylor 1,997 38.3 –8.4
Majority 1,224 23.4 +16.8
Turnout 5,218 92.1 +5.1
Registered electors 5,668
Liberal hold Swing +8.4

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 3,183 60.2 –1.5
Conservative Hugh Corbet Vincent 2,105 39.8 +1.5
Majority 1,078 20.4 –3.0
Turnout 5,288 92.5 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing –1.5
General election December 1910: Caernarfon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 3,112 62.0 +1.8
Conservative A L Jones 1,904 38.0 –1.8
Majority 1,208 24.0 +3.6
Turnout 5,288 87.7 –4.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.8
 
Lloyd George
General election 1918: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Liberal David Lloyd George 13,993 92.7 +30.7
Independent Austin Harrison 1,095 7.3 New
Majority 12,898 85.4 +61.4
Turnout 15,088 63.4 –24.3
Liberal hold Swing +23.4
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
 
Lloyd George

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1922: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Liberal David Lloyd George Unopposed N/A N/A
National Liberal hold
General election 1923: Carnarvon Boroughs [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 12,499 63.1 N/A
Unionist Austin Ellis Lloyd Jones 7,323 36.9 New
Majority 5,176 26.2 N/A
Turnout 19,822 80.9 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1924: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 16,058 82.5 +19.4
Labour Alfred Zimmern 3,401 17.5 New
Majority 12,657 65.0 +38.8
Turnout 19,459 77.0 –3.9
Liberal hold Swing +1.0
General election 1929: Caernarvon Boroughs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 16,647 58.0 –24.5
Unionist John Bowen Davies 7,514 26.2 New
Labour Thomas Ap Rhys 4,536 15.8 –1.7
Majority 9,133 31.8 –33.2
Turnout 28,697 81.8 +4.8
Liberal hold Swing –25.3

Elections in the 1930s

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General election 1931: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 17,101 59.3 +1.3
Conservative F.P. Gourlay 11,714 40.7 +14.5
Majority 5,387 18.6 ―13.2
Turnout 28,815 80.3 ―1.5
Liberal hold Swing ―6.6
General election 1935: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 19,242 66.6 +7.3
Conservative A.R.P. Du Cros 9,633 33.4 ―7.3
Majority 9,609 33.2 +14.6
Turnout 28,873 77.4 ―2.9
Liberal hold Swing +7.3

Elections in the 1940s

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By-election 1945: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Seaborne Davies 20,754 75.2 +8.6
Plaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 6,844 24.8 New
Majority 13,910 50.4 +17.2
Turnout 27,598 58.8 ―18.6
Liberal hold Swing ―8.1
General election 1945: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Price-White 11,432 32.9 ―0.5
Liberal Seaborne Davies 11,096 32.0 ―34.6
Labour Elwyn Jones 10,625 30.6 New
Plaid Cymru John Edward Daniel 1,560 4.5 N/A
Majority 336 0.9 N/A
Turnout 34,713 73.8 ―3.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +17.1

Elections in the 1950s

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General election 1950: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 18,369 49.1 +18.5
Liberal Elwyn Rhys Thomas 7,791 20.9 ―11.1
Conservative G. W. Williams 6,315 16.9 ―16.0
Plaid Cymru John Jones 4,882 13.1 +8.6
Majority 10,578 28.2 N/A
Turnout 37,357 85.9 +12.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +17.3
General election 1951: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 22,375 62.4 +13.3
Conservative John E B Davies 13,479 37.6 +20.7
Majority 8,896 24.8 ―3.4
Turnout 35,854 82.5 ―3.4
Labour hold Swing ―3.7
General election 1955: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 17,682 50.2 ―12.2
Conservative O Meurig Roberts 8,461 24.0 ―13.6
Plaid Cymru Robert Jones 5,815 16.5 New
Liberal D. Geraint Williams 3,277 9.3 New
Majority 9,221 26.2 +1.4
Turnout 35,235 82.4 ―0.1
Labour hold Swing +0.7
General election 1959: Caernarfon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 17,506 51.0 +0.8
Conservative Tom Hooson 9,564 27.8 +3.8
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Orwig Jones 7,293 21.2 +4.7
Majority 7,942 23.2 ―3.0
Turnout 34,363 83.4 +1.0
Labour hold Swing ―1.5

Elections in the 1960s

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General election 1964: Caernarvon[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 17,777 54.4 +3.4
Conservative Shelagh Roberts 7,915 24.2 ―3.6
Plaid Cymru Robert E Jones 6,998 21.4 +0.2
Majority 9,862 30.2 +7.0
Turnout 32,690 80.38 ―3.0
Registered electors 40,671
Labour hold Swing +3.5
General election 1966: Caernarvon[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 17,650 56.11 +1.7
Conservative Roger Prys 6,972 22.16 ―2.0
Plaid Cymru Humphrey Roberts 6,834 21.7 +0.3
Majority 10,678 33.9 +3.7
Turnout 31,456 78.40 ―2.0
Registered electors 40,121
Labour hold Swing +1.9

Elections in the 1970s

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General election 1970: Caernarvon[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Goronwy Roberts 13,627 40.1 ―16.0
Plaid Cymru Robyn Léwis 11,331 33.4 +11.7
Conservative Kathleen J. Smith 6,812 20.1 ―2.1
Liberal John A. Williams 2,195 6.5 New
Majority 2,296 6.8 ―27.1
Turnout 33,965 81.7 +3.3
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Caernarvon[18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 14,103 40.5 +7.1
Labour Goronwy Roberts 12,375 35.6 ―4.5
Conservative Tristan Garel-Jones 5,803 16.7 ―3.4
Liberal Gerald Hill David 2,506 7.2 +0.7
Majority 1,728 4.9 N/A
Turnout 34,787 82.4 +0.7
Plaid Cymru gain from Labour Swing
General election October 1974: Caernarvon[18][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 14,624 42.6 +2.1
Labour Emlyn Jones Sherrington 11,730 34.1 ―1.5
Conservative Robert Lambart Harvey 4,325 12.6 ―4.1
Liberal Dewi Williams 3,690 10.7 +3.5
Majority 2,894 8.5 +3.6
Turnout 34,369 80.9 ―1.5
Plaid Cymru hold Swing +1.7
General election 1979: Caernarvon[18][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 17,420 49.7 +7.1
Labour Thomas Merfyn Hughes 8,696 24.8 ―9.3
Conservative James Edward Thornton Paice 6,968 19.9 +7.3
Liberal John Trevor Edwards 1,999 5.7 ―5.0
Majority 8,724 24.9 +16.4
Turnout 35,083 81.5 +0.6
Plaid Cymru hold Swing +8.2

Elections in the 1980s

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General election 1983: Caernarfon[22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 18,308 52.7 +3.0
Conservative Dennis Jones 7,319 21.1 +1.2
Labour Betty Williams 6,736 19.4 ―5.4
Liberal Owain Griffiths 2,356 6.8 +1.1
Majority 10,989 31.6 +6.7
Turnout 34,719 78.6 ―2.9
Plaid Cymru hold Swing
General election 1987: Caernarfon[24][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 20,338 57.1 +4.4
Conservative Felix Aubel 7,526 21.1 0.0
Labour David Williams 5,652 15.9 ―3.5
Liberal John Parsons 2,103 5.9 ―0.9
Majority 12,812 36.0 +4.4
Turnout 35,619 78.0 ―0.6
Plaid Cymru hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

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General election 1992: Caernarfon[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 21,439 59.0 +1.9
Conservative Peter E.H. Fowler 6,963 19.2 ―1.9
Labour Sharon Mainwaring 5,641 15.5 ―0.4
Liberal Democrats Robert W. Williams 2,101 5.8 ―0.1
Natural Law Gwyndaf Evans 173 0.5 New
Majority 14,476 39.8 +3.8
Turnout 36,317 80.1 +2.1
Plaid Cymru hold Swing +1.9
General election 1997: Caernarfon[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Dafydd Wigley 17,616 51.0 ―8.0
Labour Eifion Wyn Williams 10,167 29.5 +14.0
Conservative Elwyn Williams 4,230 12.3 ―6.9
Liberal Democrats Mary Macqueen 1,686 4.9 ―0.9
Referendum Clive Collins 811 2.4 New
Majority 7,449 21.5 ―18.3
Turnout 34,510 73.7 ―6.4
Plaid Cymru hold Swing -11.2

Elections in the 2000s

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General election 2001: Caernarfon[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Hywel Williams 12,894 44.4 ―6.6
Labour Martin Eaglestone 9,383 32.3 +2.8
Conservative Bronwen Naish 4,403 15.2 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Evan Ab-Owain 1,823 6.3 +1.4
UKIP Ifor Lloyd 550 1.9 New
Majority 3,511 12.1 ―9.6
Turnout 29,053 62.0 ―11.7
Plaid Cymru hold Swing ―4.7
General election 2005: Caernarfon[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Plaid Cymru Hywel Williams 12,747 45.5 +1.1
Labour Martin Eaglestone 7,538 26.9 ―5.4
Liberal Democrats Evan Ab-Owain 3,508 12.5 +6.2
Conservative Guy Opperman 3,483 12.4 ―2.8
UKIP Elwyn Williams 723 2.6 +0.7
Majority 5,209 18.6 +6.5
Turnout 27,999 60.4 ―1.6
Plaid Cymru hold Swing +3.3

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 1)
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  3. ^ GRUFFYDD, Sir Rhys (by 1513-80), of Penrhyn, Caern. History of Parliament. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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