University of Wales was a university constituency electing one member to the British House of Commons, from 1918 to 1950.

Boundaries

This university constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918. It was abolished in 1950 by the Representation of the People Act 1948.

The constituency was not a physical area. Its electorate consisted of the graduates of the University of Wales

The constituency returned one Member of Parliament.

Members of Parliament

This is a list of people who represented this University in the Parliament of the United Kingdom between 1918 and 1950.

1918 - 22: Rt Hon. John Herbert Lewis, Coalition Liberal

1922 - 23: Thomas Arthur Lewis, National Liberal (died 18 July 1923)

1923 - 24: George Maitland Lloyd Davies, Christian Pacifist then Labour (February 1924)

1924 - 42: Ernest Evans, Liberal (appointed County Court Judge)

1943 - 50: William John Gruffydd, Liberal

Elections

The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system. In university seats, in this period, the polls were open for five days and voting did not take place on the polling day for the territorial constituencies.

Elections of the 1910s

Elections of the 1920s

• After the fall of the coalition government in 1922, the former Coalition Liberals contested elections as the National Liberal Party.

• Seat vacant at the dissolution of Parliament, following the death of Lewis on 18 July 1923

Elections of the 1930s

Elections of the 1940s

• Evans appointed a County Court Judge, 1942

• Seat abolished, 1950

See also

• University of Wales by-election, 1943

References

• British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan 1977)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Vol. III 1918-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1979)