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List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1959–1964)

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This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Welsh constituencies for the Forty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom (1959–1964).

Most MPs elected for Welsh constituencies at the 1959 United Kingdom general election, held on 8 October 1959, served a full term, but there were three by-elections.

The list is sorted by the name of the MP.

Composition[edit]

Affiliation Members
Welsh Labour Party 28
Welsh Conservative Party 6
Welsh Liberal Party 2
 Total 36

MPs[edit]

MP Constituency Party In constituency since
Leo Abse Pontypool Labour Party 1958 by-election
Aneurin Bevan Ebbw Vale Labour Party 1929
Nigel Birch West Flintshire Conservative Party 1950
Roderic Bowen Cardiganshire Liberal Party 1945
Donald Box Cardiff North Conservative Party 1959
James Callaghan Cardiff South East Labour Party 1945
Clement Davies Montgomeryshire Liberal Party 1929
Elfed Davies Rhondda East Labour Party 1959
Ifor Davies Gower Labour Party 1959
S. O. Davies Merthyr Tydfil Labour Party 1934 by-election
Desmond Donnelly Pembrokeshire Labour Party 1950
Ness Edwards Caerphilly Labour Party 1939 by-election
Harold Finch Bedwellty Labour Party 1950
Raymond Gower Barry Conservative Party 1951
Jim Griffiths Llanelli Labour Party 1936 by-election
Cledwyn Hughes Anglesey Labour Party 1951
Idwal Jones Wrexham Labour Party 1955
Thomas Jones Merioneth Labour Party 1951
Megan Lloyd George[1] Carmarthen Labour Party 1957 by-election
Geraint Morgan Denbigh Conservative Party 1959
John Morris Abervaon Labour Party 1959
David Mort Swansea East Labour Party 1940 by-election
Walter Padley Ogmore Labour Party 1950
Arthur Pearson Pontypridd Labour Party 1938 by-election
Arthur Probert Aberdare Labour Party 1954 by-election
Hugh Rees Swansea West Conservative Party 1959
Goronwy Roberts Caernarfon Labour Party 1950
Frank Soskice Newport Labour Party 1956 by-election
George Thomas Cardiff West Labour Party 1945
Iorwerth Thomas Rhondda West Labour Party 1950
Peter Thomas Conwy Labour Party 1951
Peter Thorneycroft Monmouth Conservative Party 1945 by-election
Tudor Watkins Brecon and Radnor Labour Party 1945
D. J. Williams Neath Labour Party 1945 by-election
Llywelyn Williams Abertillery Labour Party 1950 by-election
Eirene White East Flintshire Labour Party 1950

By-elections[edit]

There were three by-elections during this period:

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Plaid Cymru's first MP 'helped change course of a nation'". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2024.