# Flintshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Flintshire was a parliamentary constituency in North-East Wales which generally returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons, latterly that of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1950 general election.

## Boundaries

From its creation in 1542 until 1918, the constituency consisted of the historic county of Flintshire in north-east Wales. The seat should not be confused with the borough constituency of Flint or that of Flint Boroughs, which together existed from the 16th century until 1918.
In 1889 an administrative county of Flintshire was created. This formed the basis of the constituency which existed from 1918 until 1950, when the county was split between East and West divisions.

## Members of Parliament
### Before 1604

| Parliament | Member |
| 1545 | Peter Mostyn |
| 1547 | George Wood |
| 1553 (Mar) | Sir Thomas Hanmer |
| 1553 (Oct) | Robert Massey |
| 1554 (Apr) | William Mostyn |
| 1554 (Nov) | William Mostyn |
| 1555 | Robert Massey |
| 1558 | John Conway |
| 1559 | John Griffith |
| 1562–3 | George Ravenscroft |
| 1571 | John Griffith |
| 1572 | William Mostyn, died and replaced Feb 1577 by Thomas Mostyn |
| 1584 | John Hope |
| 1586 | William Ravenscroft |
| 1588 | Roger Puleston |
| 1593 | Thomas Hanmer |
| 1597 | William Ravenscroft |
| 1601 | William Ravenscroft |

### 1604–1950

| Year | Member |
| 1604 | Roger Puleston |
| 1614 | Robert Ravenscroft |
| 1621 | Sir Roger Mostyn |
| 1624 | Sir John Hanmer, 1st Baronet died and replaced 1624 by Sir John Trevor |
| 1625 | Sir John Trevor |
| 1626 | John Salusbury |
| 1628 | Robert Jones |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
| 1640 | John Mostyn |
| 1640 | John Mostyn, disabled 1643 |
| 1646 | John Trevor |
| 1653 | Flintshire not represented in Barebones Parliament |
| Year | First Member | Second Member |
| Two members in first and second Protectorate Parliaments |||
| 1654 | John Trevor | Andrew Ellice |
| 1656 | John Trevor | Sir John Glynne |
| Year | Year | Name | Party |
| | 1659 | John Trevor | |
| | 1660 | Kenrick Eyton | |
| | 1661 | Sir Henry Conway | |
| | 1669 | Sir Thomas Hanmer | |
| | 1678 | Mutton Davies | |
| | 1681 | Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet | |
| | 1685 | Sir John Conway | |
| | 1689 | Sir Roger Puleston | Whig |
| | 1695 | Sir John Conway | Tory |
| | 1701 | Sir Roger Mostyn | Tory |
| | 1702 | Sir Thomas Hanmer | Tory |
| | 1705 | Sir John Conway | Tory |
| | 1708 | Sir Roger Mostyn | Tory |
| | 1713 | Sir John Conway | Tory |
| | 1715 | Sir Roger Mostyn | |
| | 1734 | Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet | |
| | 1741 | Sir John Glynne | |
| | 1747 | Sir Thomas Mostyn, 4th Baronet | |
| | 1758 | Sir Roger Mostyn | |
| | 1796 | Sir Thomas Mostyn | Whig |
| | 1797 | John Lloyd | Tory |
| | 1799 | Sir Thomas Mostyn | Whig |
| | 1831 | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Whig |
| | 1837 | Sir Stephen Glynne | Conservative |
| | 1841 | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Whig |
| | 1842 | Sir Stephen Glynne | Conservative |
| | 1847 | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Whig |
| | 1854 | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn | Whig |
| | 1859 | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn | Liberal |
| | 1861 | Lord Richard Grosvenor | Liberal |
| | 1886 | Samuel Smith | Liberal |
| | 1906 | Herbert Lewis | Liberal |
| | 1918 | Tom Parry | Liberal |
| | 1924 | Ernest Roberts | Conservative |
| | 1929 | Frederick Llewellyn-Jones | Liberal |
| | 1931 | Frederick Llewellyn-Jones | Liberal National |
| | 1932 | Frederick Llewellyn-Jones | Liberal |
| | 1935 | Gwilym Rowlands | Conservative |
| | 1945 | Nigel Birch | Conservative |
| Constituency divided into East and West Flintshire in 1950 ||||

## Elections
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Thomas Mostyn | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 1,200 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1831: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 1,200 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1832: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,271 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1835: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,344 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1837: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Glynne | 945 | 51.1 |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | 905 | 48.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 40 | 2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,850 | 84.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,189 | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | 1,234 | 50.9 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Glynne | 1,192 | 49.1 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 1.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,426 | 81.9 | −2.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,963 | | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.0 | |
Following the election, Lloyd-Mostyn's election was declared void and Glynne was elected after scrutiny on 23 May 1842.
General election 1847: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,141 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd-Mostyn | 1,276 | 58.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Edmund Peel | 910 | 41.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 366 | 16.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,186 | 75.1 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,912 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |
Lloyd-Mostyn succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron Mostyn and causing a by-election.
By-election, 8 May 1854: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1857: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn | 1,171 | 57.2 | −1.2 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Glynne | 876 | 42.8 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 14.4 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,047 | 72.1 | −3.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,840 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | −1.2 | |
General election 1859: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Thomas Lloyd-Mostyn | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,896 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

Mostyn's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 30 May 1861: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | 1,168 | 57.4 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Hugh Robert Hughes | 868 | 42.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 | 14.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,036 | 70.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,887 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1865: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,998 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1868: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,150 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

Grosvenor was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring a by-election.
By-election, 2 Mar 1872: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1874: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,907 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,794 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1885: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Richard Grosvenor | 4,758 | 60.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Henry Richard Howel Lloyd-Mostyn | 3,132 | 39.7 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,626 | 20.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,890 | 78.3 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,081 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
Grosvenor's resignation caused a by-election.
By-election, 2 Mar 1886: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Samuel Smith | 4,248 | 60.8 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Philip Pennant Pennant | 2,738 | 39.2 | −0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,510 | 21.6 | +1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,986 | 69.3 | −9.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,081 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
General election 1886: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Samuel Smith | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Samuel Smith | 4,597 | 59.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Unionist | Robert Cunliffe | 3,145 | 40.6 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,452 | 18.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,742 | 76.8 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,075 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1895: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Samuel Smith | 4,376 | 52.7 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Henry Richard Lloyd Howard | 3,925 | 47.3 | +6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 451 | 5.4 | −13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,301 | 78.4 | +1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,592 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -6.7 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Samuel Smith | 4,528 | 53.6 | +0.9 |
| | Conservative | Henry Howard | 3,922 | 46.4 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 606 | 7.2 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,450 | 78.4 | 0.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,774 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |
General election 1906: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Lewis | 6,294 | 63.8 | +10.2 |
| | Conservative | Harold Edwards | 3,572 | 36.2 | −10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,722 | 27.6 | +20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,866 | 83.0 | +4.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,892 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +10.2 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Lewis | 6,610 | 59.7 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative | Henry Howard | 4,454 | 40.3 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,156 | 19.4 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,064 | 86.6 | +3.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,774 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -4.1 | |
General election December 1910: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Lewis | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General Election 1914–15: Another General Election was due to take place before the end of 1915. From 1914, the parties had been making preparations for an election, and by the end of that year, the following candidates had been selected:
* Liberal: Herbert Lewis
* Unionist: D. F. Pennant
The constituency was then merged with Flint Boroughs.
General election 1918: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| C | Liberal | Tom Parry | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. ||||||

### Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Tom Parry | 16,854 | 44.2 | N/A |
| | Unionist | Austin Lloyd Jones | 15,080 | 39.6 | New |
| | Labour | David Gwynfryn Jones | 6,163 | 16.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,774 | 4.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 38,097 | 79.4 | N/A |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1923: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Tom Parry | 19,609 | 56.8 | +12.6 |
| | Unionist | Ernest Roberts | 14,926 | 43.2 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,683 | 13.6 | +9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,535 | 69.4 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 | |
General election 1924: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Unionist | Ernest Roberts | 19,054 | 46.4 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal | Tom Parry | 14,169 | 34.5 | −22.3 |
| | Labour | David Gwynfryn Jones | 7,821 | 19.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,885 | 11.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,044 | 80.2 | +10.8 |
| | Unionist gain from Liberal | Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.7 | |
General election 1929: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Frederick Llewellyn-Jones | 24,012 | 43.0 | +8.5 |
| | Unionist | Ernest Roberts | 19,536 | 35.0 | −11.4 |
| | Labour | Cyril O Jones | 12,310 | 22.0 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,476 | 8.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,858 | 81.3 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal gain from Unionist | Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | +10.0 | |

### Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National Liberal | Frederick Llewellyn-Jones | 40,405 | 71.4 | +36.4 |
| | Labour | Frances Edwards | 16,158 | 28.6 | +6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 24,247 | 42.8 | +34.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,563 | 77.9 | −3.4 |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General election 1935: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gwilym Rowlands | 26,644 | 44.9 | −26.5 |
| | Liberal | John Emlyn-Jones | 16,536 | 27.9 | New |
| | Labour | Cyril O Jones | 16,131 | 27.2 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,108 | 17.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,311 | 76.3 | −1.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was due to take place before the end of 1940. From 1939 the parties had been preparing for an election, and by the end of that year, the following candidates had been selected:
* Conservative: Gwilym Rowlands
* Liberal: Mostyn Lewis
* Labour: WJ Rees
General election 1945: Flintshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Birch | 27,800 | 38.8 | −6.1 |
| | Labour | Eirene Jones | 26,761 | 37.4 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal | John Williams Hughes | 17,007 | 23.8 | −4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,039 | 1.5 | −15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71,568 | 76.7 | +0.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |