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{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–2010}}
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{{Infobox UK constituency main
|name = Caernarfon
|parliament
|map1 = Caernarfon
|map_entity = Wales
|map_year
|year = 1950
|abolished = 2010
|type
|previous =
|next = [[Arfon (UK Parliament constituency)|Arfon]] and [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]]
|region = Wales
|county = Gwynedd
|elects_howmany = One
|towns = [[Caernarfon]]
|year2 = 1536
|abolished2 = 1950
|type2 = District of Boroughs
|previous2 =
|next2 =
|elects_howmany2 = One
}}{{See also|Caernarfon (Assembly constituency)}}
'''Caernarfon''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] centred on the town of [[Caernarfon]] in [[Wales]]. It elected one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP).
The constituency was created in 1536 as a [[District of Boroughs]], represented in the [[House of Commons of England]] until 1707, in the [[House of Commons of Great Britain]] from 1707 to 1800, and in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] from 1801 to 1950. The District of Boroughs was abolished in 1950, and replaced with a [[county constituency]] of the same name, which was itself abolished in 2010.
==History==
Known as '''Carnarvon''' until 1832, and then as the '''Carnarvon Boroughs''' or '''Carnarvon District of Boroughs''' from 1832 to 1950 and as '''Caernarvon''' from 1950 to 1983, it is named after [[Caernarfon]], the main town within the constituency. Its most famous member was [[David Lloyd George]], who was MP for 55 years. When Lloyd George became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]] in 1916 it became the first [[Wales|Welsh]] constituency to be represented by a serving prime minister.
[[Plaid Cymru]] held the seat continuously from 1974 until its abolition in 2010, longer than they have held any other seat.
== Boundaries ==
The constituency names, in this section, follow the format and the spelling used by [[F. W. S. Craig]] in his ''British Parliamentary Election Results'' series. Variations may be found in other sources.
=== Caernarvon 1536–1832 ===
On the basis of information from several volumes of the ''History of Parliament'', it is apparent that the history of the borough representation from Wales and Monmouthshire is more complicated than that of the English boroughs.
The [[Laws in Wales Act 1535]] ([[26 Hen. 8]]. c. 26) provided for a single borough seat for each of 11 of the 12 Welsh counties and Monmouthshire. The legislation, which was passed in 1536 (using the modern civil year starting on 1 January), was ambiguous as to which communities were enfranchised. The county towns were awarded a seat, but this in some fashion represented all the ancient boroughs of the county, as the others were required to contribute to the member's wages. It is not clear if the burgesses of the contributing boroughs could vote. The only election under the original scheme was for the 1542 parliament. It seems that only burgesses from the county towns actually took part. The [[Parliament Act 1543]] ([[35 Hen. 8]]. c. 11) confirmed that the contributing boroughs could send representatives to take part in the election at the county town. As far as can be told from surviving indentures of returns, the degree to which the out boroughs participated varied, but by the end of the 16th century all the seats had some participation from them at some elections at least.
The original scheme was modified by later legislation and decisions of the House of Commons, which were sometimes made with no regard to precedent or evidence: for example in 1728 it was decided that only the freemen of the borough of Montgomery could participate in the election for that seat, thus disenfranchising the freemen of [[Llanidloes]], [[Welshpool]] and [[Llanfyllin]].
In the case of [[Caernarfonshire|Caernarvonshire]] (now Caernarfonshire), the county town was Caernarvon (now known as [[Caernarfon]]). The out boroughs were Conway (now [[Conwy]]), [[Criccieth]] (or Cricieth), Nevin (now known as [[Nefyn]]), and [[Pwllheli]]. The freemen of the five boroughs were entitled to vote. In the 1715–1754 period there were estimated to be about 1,600 freemen, of whom about 1,200 were non-resident. Later in the 18th century the estimated electorate was about 1,000 freemen.
=== Caernarvon Boroughs 1832–1950 ===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:1918CaernarvonBoroughs.png|right|thumb|260px|The districts comprising the Caernarvon Boroughs, showing boundaries used from 1918-1950]] -->
The '''Caernarvon Boroughs''' was a district of boroughs constituency, which grouped a number of [[parliamentary borough]]s in Caernarvonshire into one single member constituency. The voters in each participating borough cast ballots, which were added together over the whole district to decide the result of the poll. The enfranchised communities in this district, from 1832, were the six boroughs of Caernarvon, [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]], Conway, Criccieth, Nevin, and Pwllheli.
The exact boundaries of the parliamentary boroughs in the district were altered by the [[Boundary Act 1868]], but the general nature of the constituency was unchanged. There were no further boundary changes in the 1885 redistribution of parliamentary seats.
In 1918 the constituency was redefined, to include the then local government areas of the [[Municipal Borough]]s of Bangor, Caernarvon, Conway, and Pwllheli; the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District]]s of Criccieth, [[Llandudno]], [[Llanfairfechan]] and [[Penmaenmawr]], as well as the parish of Nevin.
From 1918 to 1950 the [[administrative county]] of Caernarvonshire was divided into two seats: '''Caernarvon Boroughs''' and a [[Caernarvonshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Caernarvonshire]] county constituency. The territory of the borough seat was enclaved within the county constituency. Different local authorities, included in the borough constituency, were not necessarily adjoining.
=== Caernarvon 1950–1983 ===
The redistribution, which took effect in 1950, created two Caernarvonshire county divisions – '''Caernarvon''' in the south-western two thirds of the county and [[Conwy (UK Parliament constituency)|Conway]] (later spelt Conwy) in the north-eastern third. The new divisions included territory which had come from both of the two old seats.
The local authorities, whose territories were combined to form the constituency in 1950, were the Municipal Boroughs of Caernarvon, and Pwllheli; the Urban Districts of Criccieth, and [[Portmadoc]]; as well as the Rural Districts of [[Gwyrfai Rural District|Gwyrfai]] and Lleyn. This arrangement was not altered by the redistribution which took effect in February 1974, which was based on the pre-1974 local government boundaries.
From 1 April 1974, a new pattern of counties was created in Wales. This constituency became part of the county of [[Gwynedd]].
=== Caernarfon from 1983 ===
In the redistribution of 1983, the spelling of the official name of the constituency was changed. The constituency boundary was unchanged, but it was redefined in terms of the local authorities created in 1974. It comprised the Borough of [[Arfon (district)|Arfon]] wards numbered 8 to 12 and 16 to 29, together with the District of [[Dwyfor]].
In 1996 Welsh local government was again reorganised. Arfon and Dwyfor became part of a Gwynedd [[unitary authority]].
The Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1995, based on the pre-1996 local authority areas, came into effect in 1997. It defined this constituency as:-
(i) The following wards of the Borough of Arfon, namely, Bethel, [[Bontnewydd, Gwynedd|Bontnewydd]], Cadnant, Deiniolen, Llanberis, Llandwrog, Llanllyfni, Llanrug, Llanwnda, Menai (Caernarfon), Peb-lig, Penisarwaun, Penygroes, [[Seiont (electoral ward)|Seiont]], Talysarn, Waunfawr and Y Felinheli; and
(ii) the District of Dwyfor.
Following radical boundary changes undertaken by the [[Boundary Commission for Wales]], this seat was abolished in time for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|general election in 2010]], replaced by [[Arfon (UK Parliament constituency)|Arfon]] and part of [[Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency)|Dwyfor Meirionnydd]].
== Members of Parliament 1536–2010 ==
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Election!!Member<ref>{{Rayment-hc|c|1|date=March 2012}}</ref>!!Party
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1542|| [[John Puleston (MP, died 1551)|John Puleston]]<ref name = HoP1>{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/caernarvon-boroughs| title = History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| access-date = 2011-11-27}}</ref>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1545|| [[Robert Gruffydd]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1547|| [[Robert Puleston (MP)|Robert Puleston]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1553 (Mar)|| [[Gruffydd Davies]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1553 (Oct)|| [[Henry Robins (MP)|Henry Robins]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1554 (Apr)|| [[Henry Robins (MP)|Henry Robins]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1554 (Nov)|| [[Rhys Gruffydd|Sir Rhys Gruffydd]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1555|| [[Rhys Gruffydd|Sir Rhys Gruffydd]]<ref>[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/gruffydd-sir-rhys-1513-80 GRUFFYDD, Sir Rhys (by 1513-80), of Penrhyn, Caern.] History of Parliament. Retrieved 6 June 2018.</ref>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1558|| [[Robert Gruffydd]]<ref name = HoP1/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1558–9|| [[Maurice Davies (MP)|Maurice Davies]]<ref name = HoP2>{{cite web | url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/caernarvon-boroughs| title = History of Parliament| publisher = History of Parliament Trust| access-date = 2011-11-27}}</ref>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1563|| [[John Harington (died 1582)|John Harington]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1571|| [[John Griffith (of Plas Mawr)|John Griffith]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1572|| [[John Griffith (of Plas Mawr)|John Griffith]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1584|| [[Edward Griffith (MP)|Edward Griffith]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1586|| [[William Griffith (MP fl.1586)|William Griffith I]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1588|| [[Robert Wynn (MP)|Robert Wynn]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1593|| [[Robert Griffith (MP for Caernarvon Boroughs)|Robert Griffith]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1597|| [[John Owen (MP for Caernarvon Boroughs)|John Owen]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
|1601|| [[Nicholas Griffith (MP)|Nicholas Griffith]]<ref name = HoP2/>
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1604
| [[John Griffith (of Plas Mawr)|John Griffith]], ''died <br /> replaced by'' [[Clement Edmondes]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1614
| [[Nicholas Griffith (MP)|Nicholas Griffith]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1621
| [[Nicholas Griffith (MP)|Nicholas Griffith]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1624
| [[Peter Mutton]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1625
| [[Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Littleton of Mounslow|Edward Littleton]], ''sat for Leominster <br /> replaced by'' [[Robert Jones (of Castell-March)|Robert Jones]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1626
| [[Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Littleton of Mounslow|Edward Littleton]], ''sat for Leominster <br /> replaced by'' [[Robert Jones (of Castell-March)|Robert Jones]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1628
|[[Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow|Edward Littleton]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1640 April
| [[John Glynne (judge)|John Glynne]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1640 November
| [[William Thomas (MP for Carnarvon)|William Thomas]], ''disabled 1644''
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1647
| [[William Foxwist]]
|
|-
|
| colspan="3"|''Not represented in Parliaments of 1653, 1654 and 1656''
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1659
| [[Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet|Robert Williams]]
|
|-
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1660
| [[Sir William Glynne, 1st Baronet|William Glynne]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1661
| [[William Griffith (1620–1688)|William Griffith]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1679
| [[Sir Thomas Mostyn, 2nd Baronet|Thomas Mostyn]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1685
| [[John Griffith (MP for Caernarvon)|John Griffith]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1689
| [[Robert Owen (MP)|Sir Robert Owen]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1698
| [[Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet|Sir John Wynn, Bt]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1705
| [[Thomas Bulkeley (died 1708)|Thomas Bulkeley]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1708
| [[William Griffith (1686–1715)|William Griffith]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1713
| [[Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet|Sir Thomas Wynn, Bt]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[1749 Caernarvon by-election|1749]]
| [[William Wynn (MP for Caernarvon)|Sir William Wynn]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[1754 Caernarvon by-election|1754]]
| [[Robert Wynne (MP for Caernarvon)|Robert Wynne]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[1761 British general election|1761]]
| [[Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Wynn, Bt]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[1768 British general election|1768]]
| [[Glyn Wynn]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[1790 British general election|1790]]
| [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey|Lord Paget]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[1796 British general election|1796]]
| [[Edward Paget|Hon. Edward Paget]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| [[1806 United Kingdom general election|1806]]
| [[Charles Paget (Royal Navy officer)|Hon. Sir Charles Paget]]
|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[1826 United Kingdom general election|1826]]
| [[Lord William Paget]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |___location=London |pages=185–187 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=P185 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| [[1830 United Kingdom general election|1830]]
| [[William Ormsby-Gore (1779–1860)|William Ormsby-Gore]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[1831 United Kingdom general election|1831]]
| [[Charles Paget (Royal Navy officer)|Hon. Sir Charles Paget]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| 1833
| [[Hugh Ellis-Nanney#Ellis-Nanney family|Owen Jones Ellis Nanney]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| 1833
| [[Charles Paget (Royal Navy officer)|Hon. Sir Charles Paget]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[1835 United Kingdom general election|1835]]
| [[Love Jones-Parry (soldier)|Sir Love Jones-Parry]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1837 United Kingdom general election|1837]]
|rowspan="2" | [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Peelite}}" |
| 1846
| [[Peelite]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cragoe |first1=Matthew |title=Culture, Politics, and National Identity in Wales, 1832-1886 |date=2004 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |___location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-820754-9 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kLRe09JLbHUC&pg=PA61 |via=[[Google Books]] |access-date=19 August 2018}}</ref>
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|1859]]
| [[Charles Wynne]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865]]
| [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1882 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election|1882]]
| [[Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet|Love Jones-Parry]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886]]
| [[Edmund Swetenham]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1890 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election|1890]]
| rowspan=4|[[David Lloyd George]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Liberal}}" |
| 1916
| [[Coalition Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)}}" |
| [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]
| [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)|National Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election|1945 By-election]]
| [[Seaborne Davies]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945]]
| [[David Price-White]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950]]
| [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|Feb 1974]]
| [[Dafydd Wigley]]
| [[Plaid Cymru]]
|-
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Plaid Cymru}}" |
| [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]
| [[Hywel Williams]]
| [[Plaid Cymru]]
|-
|
| [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]
| colspan="2" | ''Constituency abolished: see [[Arfon (UK Parliament constituency)]]''
|}
== Elections ==
[[File:Caernarfon election history.png|center|thumb|739x739px|Election results since 1900]]
===Elections in the
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Caernarfon<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |last1=Escott |first1=Margaret |title=Caernarvon Boroughs |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/caernarvon-boroughs |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=4 May 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[William Ormsby-Gore (1779–1860)|William Ormsby-Gore]]
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Tories (British political party)
|loser = Whig (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title=[[1831 United Kingdom general election|General election 1831]]: Caernarfon<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Charles Paget (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Paget]]
|votes = 274
|percentage = 50.9
}}
{{
}}
{{
|votes = 10
|percentage = 1.8
}}
{{
|votes = 538
|percentage =
}}
{{
|
|loser = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{
{{Election box begin | title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: Caernarfon<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Charles Paget (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Paget]]
|votes = 410
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +2.1
}}
{{
|party = Tories (British political party)
|candidate = [[Owen Jones Ellis Nanney]]
|votes = 363
|percentage = 47.0
|change = −2.1
}}
{{
}}
{{
|votes = 773
|change =
}}
{{
|reg. electors = 855
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = +2.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
* On petition, the election of Paget was declared void and Nanney was declared elected. The returning officer had included votes at Pwllheli which were not eligible, and these were deducted, leading to Nanney receiving 353 votes and Paget 343 votes. On a further petition, Paget was declared elected instead of Nanney.
{{Election box begin | title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: Caernarfon<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Love Jones-Parry (British Army officer)|Love Jones-Parry]]
|votes = 378
|percentage = 51.9
|change = −1.1
}}
{{
}}
{{
|votes = 28
|percentage = 3.8
|change = −2.2
}}
{{
|votes = 728
|percentage = 79.4
|change = −11.0
}}
{{
|reg. electors = 917
}}
{{
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|
}}
{{
{{Election box begin | title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: Caernarfon<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
|votes = 405
|percentage = 51.3
|change = +3.2
}}
{{
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = Charles Henry Paget
|votes = 385
|percentage = 48.7
|change = −3.2
}}
{{
|votes = 20
|change =
}}
{{
|votes = 790
|percentage = 71.9
|change = −7.5
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,099
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = +3.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the
{{Election box begin | title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
|votes = 416
|percentage = 51.8
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Lord George Paget|George Paget]]<ref>{{cite news |title=General Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18410705/003/0002 |access-date=12 August 2019 |work=Morning Post |date=5 July 1841 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|votes = 387
|percentage = 48.2
|change = −0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 29
|percentage = 3.6
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 803
|percentage = 78.6
|change = +6.7
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,021
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +0.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{
{{
|party = Peelite
|candidate = [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 888
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Peelite
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Peelite
|candidate = [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
|votes = 369
|percentage = 57.2
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = [[Richard Davies (MP)|Richard Davies]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The General Elections |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18520709/038/0004 |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=Globe |date=9 July 1852 |page=4 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Carnarvon Boroughs Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000094/18520709/009/0004 |access-date=21 August 2018 |work=North Wales Chronicle |date=9 July 1852 |pages=4–5 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 276
|percentage = 42.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 93
|percentage = 14.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 645
|percentage = 74.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 861
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Peelite
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Peelite
|candidate = [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 919
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Peelite
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{
|votes = 52
|percentage = 7.4
|
}}
{{
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|percentage = 76.2
|
}}
{{
|
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
}}
{{
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|loser
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|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[
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{{
|reg. electors = 3,376
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{
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|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[
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{{
|reg. electors = 3,833
}}
{{
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{
=== Elections in the 1880s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election|General election 1880]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|___location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[William Bulkeley Hughes]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,157
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Hughes' death caused a by-election.
{{Election box begin | title=[[1882 Caernarfon by-election|By-election, 30 Mar 1882]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1832"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet|Love Jones-Parry]]
|votes = 2,037
|percentage = 77.4
|change =
}}
{{
|candidate = Robert Sorton-Parry<ref>{{cite news|title=Tuesday|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001502/18820419/056/0003|access-date=24 November 2017|work=Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales|date=19 Apr 1882|page=3}}</ref>
|votes = 596
|percentage = 22.6
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,441
|percentage = 54.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,633
|percentage = 62.3
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,223
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{
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|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[
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{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =[[Edmund
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{{
|reg. electors = 4,476
}}
{{
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1885"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edmund Swetenham]]
|votes = 1,820
|percentage = 51.9
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet|Love Jones-Parry]]
|votes = 1,684
|percentage = 48.1
|change = −2.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 136
|percentage = 3.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,504
|percentage = 78.3
|change = −6.2
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 4,476
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +2.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1890s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1890 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election|By-election 1890]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1885"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = −2.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{
|votes = 3,908
|
|
}}
{{
|
}}
{{
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{
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{{
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = +
}}
{{
|party =
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = −4.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 196
|percentage = 4.8
|change =
}}
{{
|votes =
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{{
|
}}
{{
|winner
|
|swing = +4.3
}}
{{
[[File:1895 David Lloyd George sepia.jpg|thumb|140px|David Lloyd George]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1895 United Kingdom general election|General election 1895]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1885"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = −0.2
}}
{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = +0.2
}}
{{
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = −0.4
}}
{{
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = +1.7
}}
{{
|reg. electors = 4,881
}}
{{
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1900s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1900 United Kingdom general election|General election 1900]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1885"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = +
}}
{{
|party =
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = −1.1
}}
{{
|votes =
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|votes =
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{{
|reg. electors = 5,202
}}
{{
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +1.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
[[File:David Lloyd George 1902.jpg|thumb|140px|David Lloyd George]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1906 United Kingdom general election|General election 1906]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1885"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes = 3,
|percentage =
|change = +
}}
{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =
|votes = 1,
|percentage = 38.
|change =
}}
{{
|votes = 1,
|percentage =
|change = +
}}
{{
|votes = 5,
|percentage =
|change =
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{{
|reg. electors = 5,668
}}
{{
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +8.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1910s ===
{{
{{
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes = 3,183
|percentage = 60.2
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =
|votes = 2,105
|percentage = 39.8
|change = +1.5
}}
{{
|votes = 1,078
|percentage = 20.4
|change =
}}
{{
|votes = 5,288
|percentage = 92.5
|change = +0.4
}}
{{
|winner
|swing
}}
{{
{{Election box begin | title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]]: Caernarfon<ref name="craig1885"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes = 3,
|percentage =
|change = +
}}
{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =
|votes = 1,
|percentage = 38.
|change =
}}
{{
|votes = 1,
|percentage =
|change = +
}}
{{
|votes = 5,
|percentage =
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}}
{{
[[File:David Lloyd George.jpg|thumb|120px|Lloyd George]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[1918 United Kingdom general election|General election 1918]]: Caernarfon
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes =
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=== Elections in the
{{
|title=[[1922 United Kingdom general election|General election 1922]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1923 United Kingdom general election|General election 1923]]: Carnarvon Boroughs <ref>Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes =
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|change =
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|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes =
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|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
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{{
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Ap Rhys
|
|percentage = 15.8
|change = −1.7
}}
{{
|votes =
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{{
|votes = 28,697
|percentage = 81.8
}}
{{
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −25.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the
{{Election box begin | title=[[1931 United Kingdom general election|General election 1931]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Lloyd George]]
|votes = 17,101
|percentage = 59.3
|change = +1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change = +
}}
{{
|votes = 5,387
|percentage = 18.6
|change = −13.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 28,815
|percentage = 80.3
|change = −1.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = −6.6
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1935 United Kingdom general election|General election 1935]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|
|
|percentage = 33.4
|change = −7.3
}}
{{
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{
|votes = 28,873
|percentage = 77.4
|change = −2.9
}}
{{
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +7.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1940s ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election|By-election 1945]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Seaborne Davies]]
|votes = 20,754
|percentage = 75.2
|change = +8.6
}}
{{
}}
{{
}}
{{
}}
{{
|winner
|swing = −8.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[1945 United Kingdom general election|General election 1945]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Price-White]]
|votes = 11,432
|percentage = 32.9
|change = −0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Seaborne Davies]]
|votes = 11,096
|percentage = 32.0
|change = −34.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Elwyn Jones (solicitor)|Elwyn Jones]]
|votes = 10,625
|percentage = 30.6
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[John Edward Daniel]]
|votes = 1,560
|percentage = 4.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 336
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,713
|percentage = 73.8
|change = −3.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = +17.1
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 1950s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1950 United Kingdom general election|General election 1950]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
|votes = 18,369
|percentage = 49.1
|change = +18.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Elwyn Rhys Thomas
|votes = 7,791
|percentage = 20.9
|change = −11.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G. W. Williams
|votes = 6,315
|percentage = 16.9
|change = −16.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[John Edward Jones (Welsh politician)|John Jones]]
|votes = 4,882
|percentage = 13.1
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,578
|percentage = 28.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 37,357
|percentage = 85.9
|change = +12.1
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +17.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1951 United Kingdom general election|General election 1951]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
|votes = 22,375
|percentage = 62.4
|change = +13.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John E B Davies
|votes = 13,479
|percentage = 37.6
|change = +20.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,896
|percentage = 24.8
|change = −3.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 35,854
|percentage = 82.5
|change = −3.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −3.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1955 United Kingdom general election|General election 1955]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
|votes = 17,682
|percentage = 50.2
|change = −12.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = O Meurig Roberts
|votes = 8,461
|percentage = 24.0
|change = −13.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Robert Jones
|votes = 5,815
|percentage = 16.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Geraint Williams
|votes = 3,277
|percentage = 9.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,221
|percentage = 26.2
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 35,235
|percentage = 82.4
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +0.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1959 United Kingdom general election|General election 1959]]: Caernarfon}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
|votes = 17,506
|percentage = 51.0
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Tom Hooson]]
|votes = 9,564
|percentage = 27.8
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Dafydd Orwig Jones
|votes = 7,293
|percentage = 21.2
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,942
|percentage = 23.2
|change = −3.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,363
|percentage = 83.4
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −1.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1960s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1964 United Kingdom general election|General election 1964]]: Caernarvon<ref name="kimber1964">{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1964|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i04.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629215738/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge64/i04.htm|archive-date=29 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
|votes = 17,777
|percentage = 54.4
|change = +3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Shelagh Roberts]]
|votes = 7,915
|percentage = 24.2
|change = −3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Robert E Jones
|votes = 6,998
|percentage = 21.4
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,862
|percentage = 30.2
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 32,690
|percentage = 80.38
|change = −3.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 40,671
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +3.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1966 United Kingdom general election|General election 1966]]: Caernarvon<ref name="kimber1966">{{cite web|last1=Kimber|first1=Richard|title=UK General Election results 1966|url=http://politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i04.htm|website=Political Science Resources|access-date=14 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114943/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge66/i04.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
|votes = 17,650
|percentage = 56.11
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Prys
|votes = 6,972
|percentage = 22.16
|change = −2.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Humphrey Roberts
|votes = 6,834
|percentage = 21.7
|change = +0.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,678
|percentage = 33.9
|change = +3.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 31,456
|percentage = 78.40
|change = −2.0
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 40,121
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +1.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1970s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1970 United Kingdom general election|General election 1970]]: Caernarvon<ref name="PolRes70">{{cite web|title=UK General Election results 1970|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i04.htm|website=Politics Resources|access-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811174800/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge70/i04.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
|votes = 13,627
|percentage = 40.1
|change = −16.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Robyn Léwis]]
|votes = 11,331
|percentage = 33.4
|change = +11.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kathleen J. Smith
|votes = 6,812
|percentage = 20.1
|change = −2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John A. Williams
|votes = 2,195
|percentage = 6.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,296
|percentage = 6.8
|change = −27.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 33,965
|percentage = 81.7
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election February 1974]]: Caernarvon<ref name="ElectionWeb74"/><ref name="PolRes74F">{{cite web|title=UK General Election results February 1974|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i04.htm|website=Politics Resources|access-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205040037/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i04.htm|archive-date=5 December 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
|votes = 14,103
|percentage = 40.5
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts|Goronwy Roberts]]
|votes = 12,375
|percentage = 35.6
|change = −4.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Tristan Garel-Jones]]
|votes = 5,803
|percentage = 16.7
|change = −3.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Gerald Hill David
|votes = 2,506
|percentage = 7.2
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,728
|percentage = 4.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,787
|percentage = 82.4
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|General election October 1974]]: Caernarvon<ref name="ElectionWeb74"/><ref name="PolRes74O">{{cite web|title=UK General Election results October 1974|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i04.htm|website=Politics Resources|access-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508153624/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i04.htm|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
|votes = 14,624
|percentage = 42.6
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Emlyn Jones Sherrington
|votes = 11,730
|percentage = 34.1
|change = −1.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Robert Harvey (Clwyd politician)|Robert Lambart Harvey]]
|votes = 4,325
|percentage = 12.6
|change = −4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Dewi Williams
|votes = 3,690
|percentage = 10.7
|change = +3.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,894
|percentage = 8.5
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,369
|percentage = 80.9
|change = −1.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing = +1.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1979 United Kingdom general election|General election 1979]]: Caernarvon<ref name="ElectionWeb74">{{cite web|title='Caernarvon', Feb 1974 - May 1983|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P74118.htm|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="PolRes79">{{cite web|title=UK General Election results May 1979|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i04.htm|website=Politics Resources|access-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811162703/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i04.htm|archive-date=11 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
|votes = 17,420
|percentage = 49.7
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Merfyn Hughes
|votes = 8,696
|percentage = 24.8
|change = −9.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Jim Paice|James Edward Thornton Paice]]
|votes = 6,968
|percentage = 19.9
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Trevor Edwards
|votes = 1,999
|percentage = 5.7
|change = −5.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,724
|percentage = 24.9
|change = +16.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 35,083
|percentage = 81.5
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing = +8.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1980s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1983 United Kingdom general election|General election 1983]]: Caernarfon<ref name=electoralcalculus1983>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1983|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054231/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1983.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ElectionWeb" />
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
|votes = 18,308
|percentage = 52.7
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Jones
|votes = 7,319
|percentage = 21.1
|change = +1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Betty Williams (politician)|Betty Williams]]
|votes = 6,736
|percentage = 19.4
|change = −5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Owain Griffiths
|votes = 2,356
|percentage = 6.8
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,989
|percentage = 31.6
|change = +6.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,719
|percentage = 78.6
|change = −2.9
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1987 United Kingdom general election|General election 1987]]: Caernarfon<ref name=electoralcalculus1987>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1987|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054243/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1987.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ElectionWeb">{{cite web|title='Caernarfon', June 1983 up to May 1997|url=http://electionweb.co.uk/Bp/P83108.htm#83001|website=ElectionWeb Project|publisher=Cognitive Computing Limited|access-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
|votes = 20,338
|percentage = 57.1
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Felix Aubel
|votes = 7,526
|percentage = 21.1
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Williams
|votes = 5,652
|percentage = 15.9
|change = −3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Parsons
|votes = 2,103
|percentage = 5.9
|change = −0.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12,812
|percentage = 36.0
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 35,619
|percentage = 78.0
|change = −0.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1990s===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1992 United Kingdom general election|General election 1992]]: Caernarfon<ref name=electoralcalculus1992>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1992|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054418/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1992ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|title=Politics Resources|date=9 April 1992|work=Election 1992|publisher=Politics Resources|access-date=6 Dec 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020412/http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm|archive-date=24 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
|votes = 21,439
|percentage = 59.0
|change = +1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter E.H. Fowler
|votes = 6,963
|percentage = 19.2
|change = −1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sharon Mainwaring
|votes = 5,641
|percentage = 15.5
|change = −0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert W. Williams
|votes = 2,101
|percentage = 5.8
|change = −0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Natural Law Party
|candidate = Gwyndaf Evans
|votes = 173
|percentage = 0.5
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 14,476
|percentage = 39.8
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,317
|percentage = 80.1
|change = +2.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing = +1.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1997 United Kingdom general election|General election 1997]]: Caernarfon<ref name=electoralcalculus1997>{{cite web|title=Election Data 1997|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054424/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_1997.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Dafydd Wigley]]
|votes = 17,616
|percentage = 51.0
|change = −8.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Eifion Wyn Williams
|votes = 10,167
|percentage = 29.5
|change = +14.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Elwyn Williams
|votes = 4,230
|percentage = 12.3
|change = −6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mary Macqueen
|votes = 1,686
|percentage = 4.9
|change = −0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Referendum Party
|candidate = Clive Collins
|votes = 811
|percentage = 2.4
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,449
|percentage = 21.5
|change = −18.3
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,510
|percentage = 73.7
|change = −6.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing = −11.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
=== Elections in the 2000s ===
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[2001 United Kingdom general election|General election 2001]]: Caernarfon<ref name=electoralcalculus2001>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2001|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054450/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2001ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Hywel Williams]]
|votes = 12,894
|percentage = 44.4
|change = −6.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Eaglestone
|votes = 9,383
|percentage = 32.3
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Bronwen Naish
|votes = 4,403
|percentage = 15.2
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Evan Ab-Owain
|votes = 1,823
|percentage = 6.3
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Ifor Lloyd
|votes = 550
|percentage = 1.9
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,511
|percentage = 12.1
|change = −9.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 29,053
|percentage = 62.0
|change = −11.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing = −4.7
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[2005 United Kingdom general election|General election 2005]]: Caernarfon<ref name=electoralcalculus2005>{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=[[Electoral Calculus]]|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = [[Hywel Williams]]
|votes = 12,747
|percentage = 45.5
|change = +1.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Eaglestone
|votes = 7,538
|percentage = 26.9
|change = −5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Evan Ab-Owain
|votes = 3,508
|percentage = 12.5
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Guy Opperman]]
|votes = 3,483
|percentage = 12.4
|change = −2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Elwyn Williams
|votes = 723
|percentage = 2.6
|change = +0.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,209
|percentage = 18.6
|change = +6.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 27,999
|percentage = 60.4
|change = −1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Plaid Cymru
|swing = +3.3
}}
{{Election box end}}
== See also ==
* [[1890 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election]]
* [[1945 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election]]
* [[List of parliamentary constituencies in Gwynedd]]
== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}
==Sources==
* ''Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972'', compiled and edited by [[F. W. S. Craig]] (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
* ''British Parliamentary Constituencies: A Statistical Compendium'', by Ivor Crewe and Anthony Fox (Faber and Faber 1984)
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press 1977)
* [[F. W. S. Craig]], ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1885 – 1918''
* [[F. W. S. Craig]], ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 – 1949''
* ''British Parliamentary Election Results 1950–1973'', compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1983)
* ''The House of Commons 1509–1558'', by S.T. Bindoff (Secker & Warburg 1982)
* ''The House of Commons 1558–1603'', by P.W. Hasler (HMSO 1981)
* ''The House of Commons 1715–1754'', by Romney Sedgwick (HMSO 1970)
* ''The House of Commons 1754–1790'', by Sir [[Lewis Namier]] and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
* ''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
==External links==
*[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/13489.html Caernarfon UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at ''MapIt UK''
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