1922 United Kingdom general election in Wales

none 1922 United Kingdom general election in Wales Wales parliamentary no 1918 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1918 List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1918 1923 United Kingdom general election in Wales 1923 All 36 Welsh seats to the House of Commons List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1922 15 November 1922 79.4% (13.5 pp) J.R. Clynes LCCN2014717260 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 J. R. Clynes 14 February 1921 Manchester Platting Labour Party (UK) 9 seats,fn2 30.8% 18fn2 9fn2 363,568fn1 40.7%fn1 9.9 pp David Lloyd George (3x4).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Lloyd George 7 December 1916 National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) Caernarvon Boroughs 18 seats,fn2 39.2%natlibs National Liberal Party is compared to Coalition Liberal results in 1918. 9fn2 9fn2natlibs 231,026fn1 25.9%fn1 13.3 ppfn1natlibs A. Bonar Law LCCN2014715818 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Bonar Law 23 October 1922 Conservative Party (UK) Glasgow Central 4 seats,fn2 Combined results for county, borough and university seats. 11.3% 6fn2 2fn2 190,919fn1 Total and percentage votes given here are for territorial constituencies only. 21.4%fn1 10.1 ppfn1 H.H. Asquith in 1910s by Olive Edis (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 H. H. Asquith 30 April 1908 Paisley Liberal Party (UK) 3 seats,fn2 9.7% 2fn2 1fn2 74,931fn1 8.4%fn1 1.3 ppfn1 United Kingdom general election 1922 in Wales.svg On Wednesday 15 November 1922, the 1922 United Kingdom general election was held in Wales, to elect all 615 members of the House of Commons, with 36 constituencies being in Wales.British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 23-24 2006British Electoral Facts 1885-1975 F.W.S. Craig Macmillan Press 3 11-12 0333197348 1976 35 seats represented territorial constituencies contested under the first past the post electoral system, and one additional seat represented the University of Wales which was also contested under the first past the post electoral system.https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04458/ Research Briefing: Voting systems in the UK 10 January 2023 Library of the House of Commons 7 August 2026 Candidates Below is a table summarising the candidates of the 1922 general election in Wales, excluding those in the University of Wales constituency.https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 23 8 August 2026https://api.parliament.uk/uk-general-elections/general-elections/22 UK General Elections Results 1832-2019 12 August 2026 Affiliation CandidatesLabour Party 28Conservative Party 19National Liberal Party 19This figure includes candidate Charles Stanton in Aberdare, who stood as a National Democratic and Labour Party candidate in 1918, but who (and whose party) stood as a National Liberal candidate in this election.Liberal Party 11Independent 1Candidate Richard Mathias in Merthyr stood under the badge of 'Independent and Anti-Socialist'; however was supported by the National Liberal Party and local Conservative association, and therefore unopposed by those parties.Independent Labour 1Candidate Owen Thomas stood in Anglesey.National Farmers' Union 1Candidate David Johns stood in Carmarthen.Total 80 Analysis The Labour Party had entered the election as Wales' second largest party, and emerged from the election as the largest party in Wales. Future and first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Ramsay MacDonald entered Parliament in the seat of Aberavon, and held the seat until moving constituencies for the 1929 general election. The Labour Party would win plurality of the vote in every election in Wales up until 2009 elections to European Parliament. The election saw major gains for the Labour Party, primarily from the Liberal Party and National Liberal Party. The Labour party gained Aberavon, Caernarvonshire, Merthyr, Neath, Pontypridd, Swansea East, Wrexham and Llanelly from the National Liberal Party (when compared to the National Liberal Party's predecessor, the Coalition Liberal Party). Independent candidate Richard Mathias stood under the badge of 'Independent and Anti-Socialist' in the Coalition Liberal/National Liberal held seat of Merthyr; however he was also supported by the National Liberal Party local Conservative association, and therefore unopposed by those parties. However, he was unsuccessful in the seat, leading to Labour gaining the seat from the National Liberal Party in comparison to 1918. Labour candidate George Hall also gained Aberdare from incumbent National Democratic and Labour Party, overturning the 57.2 per cent majority from 1918. The sitting Member of Parliament Charles Stanton, who was part of the National Democratic and Labour Party, stood as a candidate for the National Liberal Party, as did all other sitting Members of Parliament for the NDLP at this election. He and all the others that did so lost their seats. The Independent Labour candidate Owen Thomas retained the seat of Anglesey, which he had initially won in 1918 from the Coalition Liberals, therefore being a retention against the National Liberal Party at this election. The Conservative Party also gained seats in Wales from the Liberal Party, as well as seeing the greatest increase in vote share of any party in Wales. Notably, the Conservative Prime Minister Bonar Law had only been in office since 20 October 1922, barely a month before the election was held. The Conservatives gained Cardiff East from the Liberal Party and Newport from the National Liberal Party. It was the first election after the consolidation of Welsh Provincial Associations of the Conservative and Unionist’s National Union. The Liberal Party in Wales retained the seats of Montgomeryshire wherein incumbent Member of Parliament David Davies ran unopposed, as well as Merioneth in which Henry Haydn Jones won with a slightly increased vote share. The National Liberal Party under former Prime Minister David Lloyd George, who had resigned as Prime Minister on 19 October 1922 following the Carlton Club meeting and the break up of the Coalition Government, maintained nine of its prior 18 seats in Wales. These were Lloyd George's Welsh seat of Caernarvon Boroughs, as well as Denbigh, Flintshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthen, Pembrokeshire,The Member of Parliament for the seat was Lloyd George's son Gwilym Lloyd George. Brecon and Radnorshire and Swansea West. The National Liberals also retained its seat in the University of Wales constituency. Lloyd George's National Liberals therefore remained the larger of the two liberal parties in Wales and suffered a lower drop in vote share than the Liberal Party, though the Liberal Party under H. H. Asquith increased its seats and vote share across the rest of the United Kingdom. County and borough constituency results Below is a table summarising the constituency results of the 1922 general election in Wales, excluding the result in the University of Wales constituency. +Partyhttps://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 22-23 8 August 2026British Electoral Facts Colin Rallings Micheal Thrasher Total Politics 978-1-907278-03-7 23 2006SeatsAggregate votes Total Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Total Of total (%) Change (%) Labour Party (UK) 18 9 0 9 51.4 363,568 40.7 9.9 National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) 8 0 9 9natlibs 22.9 230,961 25.9 13.3 Conservative Party (UK) 6 2 0 2 17.1 190,919 21.4 10.1 Liberal Party (UK) 2 0 1 1 5.7 74,996 8.4 1.3 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 — 15,552 1.7 1.2 Independent Labour 1Owen Thomas in Anglesey. 0 0 2.9 11,929 1.3 2.0   Farmers' Union 0 colspan="3" New — 4,775 0.5 New   Other non-contested 0 0 1 1National Democratic and Labour Party Members of Parliament stood under the National Liberal Party banner at this election; however, the only former NDLP Member of Parliament for Wales, Charles Stanton, who also stood as a National Liberal candidate, lost Aberdare to Labour. — 0 0.0 4.6 Total 35 0 100.0 892,700 100.0 0.0 Registered voters, and turnout 1,235,579Including the electorate in uncontested constituencies. 79.4https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7529/CBP-7529.pdf UK Election Statistics: 1918-2023, A Century of Elections Cracknell Richard Uberoi Elise Burton Matthew 9 August 2023 House of Commons Library 29 8 August 2026 13.5 Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 40.7 National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) 25.9 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 21.4 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 8.4 Ind. Labour Independent Labour 1.3 Other #777777 2.2 Parliament seats #ddd 600px 410px Labour Labour Party (UK) 51.4 National Liberal National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) 22.9 Conservative Conservative Party (UK) 17.1 Liberal Liberal Party (UK) 5.7 Ind. Labour Independent Labour 2.9 University of Wales result Below is a table summarising the 1922 constituency results for seat of the University of Wales constituency. The National Liberal Party retaining the seat brought the party's total in Wales to nine seats out of the possible 36. General election 1922: University of Wales National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) Thomas Arthur Lewis 487 39.5 –41.3 Liberal Party (UK) Ellis Ellis-Griffith 451 35.9 New Labour Party (UK) Olive Wheeler 309 24.8 +5.6 46 3.6 -58.0 1,247 87.2 +1.4 National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) See also 1922 United Kingdom general election in England 1922 United Kingdom general election in Scotland 1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1922–1923) Notes References Politics Wales United Kingdom Category:1922 in Wales Category:1920s elections in Wales 1922 #Wales