Cardiff was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Cardiff in South Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1918
Cardiff
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542, most Welsh shire towns returned one MP, including Cardiff as the shire town of Glamorgan; however, other ancient boroughs in the shire contributed to the expense of the borough MP and in return gained a share in the vote.[1] In the case of Cardiff, the relevant "contributory boroughs" were Llantrisant and Cowbridge, and until 1832 also Swansea, Loughor, Neath, Aberavon, and Kenfig.[2] Elections were often held at Bridgend, which was not a contributory borough but was conveniently central in Glamorgan.[3] The Reform Act 1832 separated the contributory boroughs other than Llantrisant and Cowbridge into the new Swansea District of Boroughs. As proposed in 1830, the reform bill would have added Llandaff, Aberdare, and Merthyr Tydfil as Cardiff contributory boroughs, but in the event Merthyr and Aberdare became a separate borough while Llandaff remained part of Glamorgan county constituency, which gained a second seat.[4] The Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832 extended the boundary of the Cardiff District of Boroughs constituency to include those parts of the Cardiff parishes of St Mary's and St. John outside the old borough boundary.[5] The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 extended the parliamentary boundary to Cardiff's enlarged municipal borough boundary.[6]
Members of Parliament
MPs 1542–1645
Parliament
Member
1542
John 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 Lewis
1588
Gabriel Lewys
1593
David Roberts
1597
Nicholas Hawkins
1601
William Lewis
1604
Matthew Davies
1614
Matthew Davies
1621
William Herbert
1624
William Price
1625
William Price
1626
William Price
1628
Lewis Morgan
1629–1640
No Parliaments summoned
1640
William Herbert 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
1656
1659
1660
Bussy Mansell Double return, Herbert Evans disallowed
"2 & 3 Will.4 c.64, §35 and Schedule O. No.48". The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His Majesty's Statute and Law Printers. 1832. p.375. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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