Wales constituency election results in the 1929 United Kingdom general election

33rd Parliament (1923)
34th Parliament (1924)
35th Parliament (1929)
36th Parliament (1931)
37th Parliament (1935)
Results of the election by constituency

This is a complete alphabetical list of election results from constituencies in Wales to the 35th Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1929 general election, held on 30 May 1929.

Wales

  • Change in % vote and swing is calculated between the winner and second place and their respective performances at the 1924 election. A plus denotes a swing to the winner and a minus against the winner.
Aberavon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Cove 22,194 55.9 +2.8
Liberal William Henry Williams 13,155 33.2 −13.7
Unionist Francis Bertram Reece 4,330 10.9 n/a
Majority 9,039 22.7 +16.5
Turnout 87.0 −2.6
Labour hold Swing +8.2
Aberdare[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Hall 29,550 64.6
Liberal Evan Joshua Roderick 10,594 23.2
Unionist Hugh Molson 5,573 12.2
Majority 18,956 41.4
Turnout 84.5
Labour hold Swing
Abertillery[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Daggar 20,175 64.5 n/a
Liberal Walter Reynolds Meredith 8,425 26.9 n/a
Unionist Peter John Feilding Chapman-Walker 2,697 8.6 n/a
Majority 11,750 37.6 n/a
Turnout 82.4 n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Anglesey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Megan Lloyd George 13,181 49.4 −14.5
Labour William Edwards 7,563 28.4 −7.7
Unionist Albert Hughes 5,917 22.2 n/a
Majority 5,618 21.0 −6.8
Turnout 79.8
Liberal hold Swing -3.4
Bedwellty
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Edwards 26,021 78.95 N/A
Unionist Hubert Geoffrey Griffith 6,936 21.05 N/A
Majority 19,085 57.9 N/A
Turnout 32,957 74.86 N/A
Labour hold Swing N/A
Brecon and Radnor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Freeman 14,511 33.7 +3.2
Unionist Walter Hall 14,324 33.3 −5.1
Liberal Elias Wynne Cemlyn-Jones 14,182 33.0 +1.9
Majority 187 0.4 n/a
Turnout 87.7 +4.1
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +4.2
Cardiff Central[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ernest Bennett 14,469 39.1 +5.3
Unionist Lewis Lougher 12,903 34.9 −14.8
Liberal Barnett Janner 9,623 26.0 ++9.5
Majority 1,566 4.2 20.1
Turnout 78.2 +1.4
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +10.0
Cardiff East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Ewart 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 −11.1
Majority 2,313 7.1 14.6
Turnout 82.1 −0.2
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +0.6
Caerphilly[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Morgan Jones 21,248 57.9 −1.1
Liberal Alice Grace Roberts 8,190 22.4 n/a
Unionist Owen Temple-Morris 6,357 17.4 −23.6
Communist J R Wilson 829 2.3
Majority 13,058 35.5
Turnout 81.1 +1.8
Labour hold Swing n/a
Cardiff South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Henderson 13,686 45.3 +5.2
Unionist Ernest Thomas Nethercoat 10,030 33.1 −17.0
Liberal Charles James Cole 6,550 21.6 +11.8
Majority 3,656 12.2 22.2
Turnout 79.4 +0.6
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +11.1
Cardiganshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rhys Hopkin Morris 17,127 60.6 n/a
Unionist Edward Crawford Lloyd Fitzwilliams 11,158 39.4 n/a
Majority 5,969 21.1 n/a
Turnout 28,285 73.1 n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a
Carmarthen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Hopkin 15,130 38.2 +6.7
Liberal William Nathaniel Jones 14,477 36.6 −31.9
Unionist John Coventry 9,961 25.2 n/a
Majority 653 1.6 −38.6
Turnout
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +19.3
Caernarvon Boroughs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Lloyd George 16,647 58.0 −24.4
Unionist John Bowen Davies 7,514 26.2 n/a
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 n/a
Caernarvonshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Goronwy Owen 18,507 47.9 −2.9
Labour Robert Jones 14,867 38.5 −10.7
Unionist David Fowden Jones 4,669 12.1 n/a
Plaid Cymru Lewis Valentine 609 1.6 n/a
Majority 3,640 9.4 +7.8
Turnout 38,652
Liberal hold Swing +3.9
Denbigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Morris-Jones 21,305 61.9 +8.9
Unionist Alan Graham 13,116 38.1 −8.9
Majority 8,189 23.8 +17.8
Turnout 79.7 0.0
Liberal hold Swing +8.9
Ebbw Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Aneurin Bevan 20,088 60.3 n/a
Liberal William Griffiths 8,924 26.8 n/a
Unionist Mark Brace 4,287 12.9 n/a
Majority 11,164 33.5 n/a
Turnout 33,299 85.9 n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Flintshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Frederick Llewellyn-Jones 24,012 43.0 +8.5
Unionist Ernest Roberts 19,536 35.0 −11.4
Labour Cyril Oswald Jones 12,310 22.0 +2.9
Majority 4,476 8.0 19.9
Turnout 81.3 +1.1
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +10.0
Gower[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Rhys Grenfell 20,664 54.0
Liberal Frederick William Davies 11,055 28.9 n/a
Unionist Alan Lennox-Boyd 6,554 17.1
Majority 9,609 25.1
Turnout 79.6
Labour hold Swing
Llandaff and Barry[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Charles Lloyd 21,468 40.8
Unionist William Cope 18,799 35.7
Liberal Ewan Davies 12,352 23.5
Majority 2,669 5.1
Turnout 82.5
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
Llanelly[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Henry Williams 28,595 55.4 +2.5
Liberal Richard Thomas Evans 19,075 36.9 −10.2
Unionist James Purdon Lewes Thomas 3,969 7.7 n/a
Majority 9,520 18.5 +12.7
Turnout 79.1 +3.4
Labour hold Swing +6.3
Merioneth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Haydn Jones 11,865 48.3 +0.5
Labour John Jones Roberts 7,980 32.5 −0.6
Unionist Charles Phibbs 4,731 19.3 +0.2
Majority 3,885 15.8 +1.1
Turnout 24,576 85.2 +1.3
Liberal hold Swing +0.6
Merthyr[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour R. C. Wallhead 22,701 59.6 −0.2
Liberal James Jenkins 8,696 22.8 n/a
Unionist Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt 6,712 17.6 −21.6
Majority 14,005 36.8 +17.2
Turnout 85.8 −1.1
Labour hold Swing n/a
Monmouth[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Leolin Forestier-Walker 16,353 49.3
Liberal Richard Charles Williams 8,582 25.8 n/a
Labour Luke Henry Bateman 8,268 24.9
Majority 7,771 23.5 −20.1
Turnout 78.9
Unionist hold Swing n/a
Montgomeryshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clement Davies 12,779 46.5 −30.8
Unionist John Murray Naylor 10,651 38.7 n/a
Labour John Evans 4,069 14.8 −7.9
Majority 2,128 7.8 −22.9
Turnout 88.3 +8.9
Liberal hold Swing -11.4
Neath<[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Jenkins 29,455 60.2 n/a
Liberal Jack Jones 14,554 29.8 n/a
Unionist David J. Evans 4,892 10.0 n/a
Majority 14,901 30.4 n/a
Turnout 82.1 n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Newport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Walker 18,653 39.5 −7.7
Unionist Reginald Clarry 15,841 33.5 −19.3
Liberal Samuel Immanuel Cohen 12,735 27.0 N/A
Majority 2,812 6.0 +0.4
Turnout 83.8 −1.9
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +5.8
Ogmore[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vernon Hartshorn 22,900 56.7 n/a
Liberal Dapho Llewellyn Powell 11,804 29.2 n/a
Unionist H. Abbott 4,164 10.3 n/a
Communist J. R. Campbell 1,525 3.8 n/a
Majority 11,096 27.5 n/a
Turnout 82.8 n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Pembrokeshire[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gwilym Lloyd George 19,050 41.8 +5.6
Unionist Charles Price 14,235 31.3 −9.1
Labour William James Jenkins 12,235 26.9 +3.5
Majority 4,815 10.6 14.8
Turnout 45,520
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +7.4
Pontypool[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 17,805 51.5
Liberal Geoffrey Crawshay 12,581 36.4 n/a
Unionist Gwilym Rowlands 4,188 12.1
Majority 5,224 15.1
Turnout 34,574
Labour hold Swing
Pontypridd[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Isaac Mardy Jones 20,835 53.12 −2.8
Liberal John Victor Evans 14,421 36.8 n/a
Unionist May Gordon Williams 3,967 10.1 −34.0
Majority 6,414 16.4 +4.5
Turnout 39,223 82.0 +2.3
Labour hold Swing n/a
Rhondda East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Watts Morgan 19,010 50.2 n/a
Liberal Richard David Chalke 10,269 27.0 n/a
Communist Arthur Horner 5,789 15.2 n/a
Unionist John Francis Powell 2,901 7.6 n/a
Majority 8,741 23.2 n/a
Turnout 84.7 n/a
Labour hold Swing n/a
Rhondda West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William John 23,238 65.1 n/a
Liberal Moelwyn Hughes 9,247 25.9 n/a
Unionist Wilfred Augustus Prichard 3,210 9.0 n/a
Majority 13,991 39.2 n/a
Turnout 35,695 86.7 n/a
Labour hold Swing
Swansea East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Williams 16,665 56.5 +1.9
Liberal Arthur Hopkins 9,825 33.3 −12.1
Unionist P.P. Jones 3,003 10.2 n/a
Majority 6,840 23.2 +14.0
Turnout 81.9 +1.2
Labour hold Swing +7.0
Swansea West[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Howel Samuel 13,268 40.6 +7.2
Liberal Charles Kerr 12,625 38.6 +2.2
Unionist Alfred William Ernest Wynne 6,794 20.8 −9.4
Majority 643 2.0 5.0
Turnout 81.7 −5.3
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +2.5
Wrexham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Richards 20,584 46.4 +2.0
Liberal Christmas Price Williams 13,997 31.5 −24.1
Unionist Edmund Fleming Bushby 9,820 22.1 n/a
Majority 6,587 14.9 26.1
Turnout 84.9 +2.3
Labour gain from Liberal Swing +13.0

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
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