Cardigan (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardigan | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons |
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1542–1885 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Cardiganshire |
The Cardigan District of Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency in Wales which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1885 general election. The borough constituency comprised the four towns of Cardigan, Aberystwyth, Lampeter and Adpar - geographically separated from each other but all within the county of Cardiganshire.
The last member to represent the constituency was David Davies from 1874 until 1885. When the county and borough constituencies were merged to form the Cardiganshire seat in 1885, David Davies comfortably won the election. In 1886, however, Davies joined the Liberal Unionists and was narrowly defeated at the General Election that year by the Liberal Party candidate..
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Boundaries
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Members of Parliament
Members of Parliament 1542-1640
As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or (before 1558) is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.
Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Member | Note |
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1542 | 16 January 1542 | 28 March 1544 | unknown | |
1545 | 23 November 1545 | 31 January 1547 | Jenkin ap Rhees | |
1547 | 4 November 1547 | 15 April 1552 | John Cotton | History of Parliament gives Gruffydd Done |
1553 | 1 March 1553 | 31 March 1553 | Edward ap Howell | |
1553 | 5 October 1553 | 5 December 1553 | John Gwyn | |
1554 | 2 April 1554 | 3 May 1554 | John Powell | |
1554 | 12 November 1554 | 16 January 1555 | John Powell | History of Parliament gives John Gwyn |
1555 | 21 October 1555 | 9 December 1555 | Thomas Phaer | |
1558 | 20 January 1558 | 17 November 1558 | Thomas Phaer | |
1559 | 23 January 1559 | 8 May 1559 | Thomas Phaer | |
1562/3 | 11 January 1563 | 2 January 1567 | John Gwyn | |
1571 | 2 April 1571 | 29 May 1571 | Edward Davies | |
1572 | 8 May 1572 | 19 April 1583 | Edward Davies | |
1584 | 23 November 1584 | 14 September 1585 | Francis Cheyne | |
1586 | 13 October 1586 | 23 March 1587 | Francis Cheyne | |
1588 | 4 February 1589 | 29 March 1589 | Alban Stepney | |
1593 | 18 February 1593 | 10 April 1593 | Sir Ferdinando Gorges | |
1597 | 24 October 1597 | 9 February 1598 | Thomas Rawlins | |
1601 | 27 October 1601 | 19 December 1601 | William Aubrey Richard Delabere |
Double return unresolved at the dissolution of Parliament |
1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | William Bradshaw | |
1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | Robert Wolverstone | |
1620 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | Walter Overbury | |
12 January 1624 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | Rowland Pugh | |
4 March 1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | Rowland Pugh | |
12 January 1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | Walter Overbury | |
31 March 1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | John Vaughan | |
1640 | 13 April 1640 | 5 May 1640 | John Vaughan |
Members of Parliament 1640-1660
This sub-section includes the Long Parliament and the Rump Parliament, together with the Parliaments of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate (before the Convention Parliament of 1660).
Long Parliament
Election results
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References
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- History of Ceredigion
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- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Mid Wales