East Denbighshire, formally called the Eastern Division of Denbighshire, was a county constituency in Denbighshire, in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

History

The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election, when the two-member Denbighshire constituency was divided into Eastern and Western divisions. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Morgan's death causes a by-election.

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Liberal: Edward John
  • Unionist: J. Downes Powell

References

  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)

Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Wikiwand

Edinburgh West Constituency Map Ballot Box Scotland

East Kent (UK Parliament constituency) Wikiwand

The proposed new constituency boundaries of Scottish Westminster seats

Ashford and Maidstone and the Weald parliamentary seats to be split up