Cardiff (UK Parliament constituency)

Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

centred on the town of Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

in South Wales

South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...

which returned one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

to the House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...

MPs 1542-1645

Parliament	Member
1542	John Thomas Bassett
1545	Unknown
1547	John Cock, sat for Calne, repl. by Sir Philip Hoby
1553 (Mar)	?David Evans
1553 (Oct)	David Evans
1554 (Apr)	David Evans
1554 (Nov)	William Colchester
1555	William Herbert
1558	Lleisan Pryce
1559	David Evans
1562/3	Henry Lewes
1571	Henry Morgan
1572	David Roberts
1584	Nicholas Herbert
1586	George Lewys
1588	Gabriel Lewys
1593	David Roberts
1597	Nicholas Hawkins
1601	William Lewis
1604	Matthew Davies Matthew Davies (MP) Matthew Davies was an English or Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1604 and 1624.Davies was probably the brother of Sir John Davies, Serjeant at law. He was of the Middle Temple. In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cardiff. He was re-elected MP...
1614	Matthew Davies Matthew Davies (MP) Matthew Davies was an English or Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1604 and 1624.Davies was probably the brother of Sir John Davies, Serjeant at law. He was of the Middle Temple. In 1604, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cardiff. He was re-elected MP...
1621	William Herbert William Herbert (MP for Cardiff) William Herbert was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1621.Herbert was the elder son of Richard Herbert of Wernllwynwhith. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 17 October 1600, aged 17. He sold the estate of Wernllwynwhith and bought the manor of Rhymney and White Friars,...
1624	William Price William Price (of Briton Ferry) William Price was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1626.Price was the eldest son of Lleisan Price of Briton Ferry, who had been MP for Cardiff, and his wife Maud Evans daughter of D Evans of Gnoll. In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Old Sarum...
1628	Lewis Morgan Lewis Morgan (MP) Lewis Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1628 to 1629.Morgan was the son of Sir Thomas Morgan, of Ruperra. In 1628, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cardiff and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years...
1629-1640	No Parliaments summoned
1640	William Herbert William Herbert (Royalist) William Herbert was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1642. He was killed fighting in the Royalist army in the English Civil War.... killed at Battle of Edgehill 1642
1642-1645	Not represented

MPs 1645–1832

Year		Member	Party
	1645	Algernon Sidney
	1653	Not represented in Barebones Parliament
	1654	John Price John Price (MP) John Price was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.Price was the only son of John Price of Gellihir. He was a member of the county commmitte of Glamorgan in 1645 and was Assessment Commissioner for Glamorgan in February 1647. In 1647 he was High Sheriff of...
	1656	John Price John Price (MP) John Price was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.Price was the only son of John Price of Gellihir. He was a member of the county commmitte of Glamorgan in 1645 and was Assessment Commissioner for Glamorgan in February 1647. In 1647 he was High Sheriff of...
	1659	John Price John Price (MP) John Price was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1659.Price was the only son of John Price of Gellihir. He was a member of the county commmitte of Glamorgan in 1645 and was Assessment Commissioner for Glamorgan in February 1647. In 1647 he was High Sheriff of...
	1660	Bussy Mansell Bussy Mansell Bussy Mansell was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1699. He was a zealous Parliamentarian during the English Civil War....
	1661	Sir Richard Lloyd Richard Lloyd (Royalist) Sir Richard Lloyd was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1628 and 1676. He fought for the Royalist army in the English Civil War....
	1661	William Bassett
	1661	Robert Thomas
	1681	Bussy Mansell Bussy Mansell Bussy Mansell was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1699. He was a zealous Parliamentarian during the English Civil War....
	1685	Francis Gwyn Francis Gwyn Francis Gwyn PC , was a Welsh politician and official.-Background:Gwyn was the son and heir of Edward Gwyn of Llansannor, Glamorganshire, who married Eleanor, youngest daughter of Sir Francis Popham of Littlecott, Wiltshire; he was born at Combe Florey in Somerset about 1648...
	1689	Thomas Mansel Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel of Margam PC , sometimes referred to as Thomas Mansell, was a Welsh peer and Member of Parliament for Cardiff and Glamorgan.-Personal history:...	Tory
	1698	Sir Edward Stradling, Bt Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet was an English baronet.Stradling was Member of Parliament for Cardiff, 1698, 1700-1, 1710–22, and Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1709-10.-References:*...
	1701	Thomas Mansel
	1706	Sir John Aubrey, Bt Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Background:He was the son of Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Margaret Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet. In 1700, Aubrey succeeded his father as baronet...
	1710	Sir Edward Stradling, Bt Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet Sir Edward Stradling, 5th Baronet was an English baronet.Stradling was Member of Parliament for Cardiff, 1698, 1700-1, 1710–22, and Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1709-10.-References:*...
	1722	Edward Stradling
	1727	Bussy Mansel Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel Bussy Mansel, 4th Baron Mansel was a Welsh peer.He succeeded his brother Christopher Mansel as Baron Mansel of Margam in 1744....	Tory
	1734	Herbert Windsor
	1739	Herbert Mackworth
	1766	Herbert Mackworth
	1790	Lord Mount Stuart	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
	1794	Lord Evelyn Stuart Lord Evelyn Stuart Colonel Lord Evelyn James Stuart , was a British soldier and Tory politician.Stuart was the second son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. His mother was the Honourable Charlotte Jane, daughter of Herbert Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
	1802	Lord William Stuart Lord William Stuart Captain Lord William Stuart , was a British naval commander and Tory politician.Stuart was the fifth son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. His mother was the Hon. Charlotte Jane, daughter of Herbert Windsor, 2nd Viscount Windsor. He served in...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
	1814	Lord Evelyn Stuart Lord Evelyn Stuart Colonel Lord Evelyn James Stuart , was a British soldier and Tory politician.Stuart was the second son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, son of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. His mother was the Honourable Charlotte Jane, daughter of Herbert Windsor, 1st Viscount Windsor...	Tory Tory Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
	1818	Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart , known as the Hon. Patrick Stuart until 1817, was a British politician....
	1820	Wyndham Lewis Wyndham Lewis (politician) Wyndham Lewis was a British politician and a close associate of Benjamin Disraeli.Lewis was the son of Reverend Wyndham Lewis, of Tongwynlais, Glamorganshire. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cardiff from 1820 to 1826, for Aldeburgh from 1827 to 1829 and for Maidstone from 1835 to 1838.Lewis...
	1826	Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton-Stuart , known as the Hon. Patrick Stuart until 1817, was a British politician....
1832 Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...		Franchise extended under Reform Act 1832 Reform Act 1832 The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...

MPs 1832–1918

Election		Member	Party
	1832 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	John Iltyd Nicholl John Iltyd Nicholl John Nicholl was a Welsh Member of Parliament and was, for a very short time in 1835, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. His father was Sir John Nicholl, who like his son was a judge and politician.-Personal history:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...	Walter Coffin Walter Coffin Walter Coffin was a Welsh coalowner and Member of Parliament. Coffin is recognised as the first person to exploit the rich coal fields of the Rhondda Valley on an industrial scale, pioneering the growth of one of the most wealthy coal mining areas in the world.-Early life:Born in 1784 he was the...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	James Crichton-Stuart James Crichton-Stuart Lieutenant-Colonel James Frederick Dudley Crichton-Stuart was a British soldier and Liberal politician.Crichton-Stuart was the son of Lord Patrick Crichton-Stuart and a great-great-grandson of Prime Minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. His mother was Hannah, daughter of William Tighe, MP...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
	1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Sir Edward James Reed Edward James Reed Sir Edward James Reed , KCB, FRS, was a British naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate. He was the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy from 1863 until 1870...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895 The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...	James Mackenzie Maclean James Mackenzie Maclean James Mackenzie Maclean was a British journalist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1900....	Unionist Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Sir Edward James Reed Edward James Reed Sir Edward James Reed , KCB, FRS, was a British naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate. He was the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy from 1863 until 1870...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:**-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...	Ivor Guest	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1910 (Jan)	David Alfred Thomas	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1910 (Dec)	Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart	Unionist Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1915 by-election	Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet Sir James Cory, 1st Baronet Sir Herbert Cory, 1st Baronet was a Welsh politician and ship-owner.He was born at Padstow, the younger son of John Cory .He was Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1913 and served as Conservative MP for the Cardiff constituency...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did...		constituency abolished: see Cardiff Central Cardiff Central (UK Parliament constituency) Cardiff Central is a borough constituency in the city of Cardiff. It returns one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.... , Cardiff East Cardiff East (UK Parliament constituency) 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.- Members of Parliament :... and Cardiff South Cardiff South (UK Parliament constituency) Cardiff South was a borough constituency in Cardiff, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....

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