# Flint Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)

Flint Boroughs (sometimes known as Flint or the Flint District of Boroughs) was a parliamentary constituency in north-east Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

## Boundaries

From its first known general election in 1542 until 1918, the constituency consisted of a number of boroughs within the historic county of Flintshire in north-east Wales. The seat should not be confused with the county constituency of Flintshire, which existed from the 16th century until 1950.
After 1918 Flintshire was represented in Parliament by the single member county constituency, which included all the boroughs formerly in the Flint District of Boroughs.

### Flint 1535–1832

On the basis of information from several volumes of the History of Parliament, it is apparent that the history of the borough representation of 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 was ambiguous as to which communities were enfranchised. The county towns were awarded a seat, but these seats in some way represented all the ancient boroughs of the county, as the boroughs other than county towns were also required to contribute to the members' wages. It is not clear whether the burgesses of the contributing boroughs could vote in the election. The only election under the original scheme was that 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 Flintshire, the county town was Flint. The out boroughs were Caergwrle, Caerwys, Overton and Rhuddlan.
In 1690–1715 the freemen of the five boroughs were entitled to vote. The exact number is unknown, but in the only poll of the period (a by-election in 1697) there were 760 voters.
Between 1715 and 1754 the House of Commons changed the franchise of the constituency. In 1727 there were about 1000 freemen entitled to vote. Thereafter the inhabitants of the five boroughs, paying scot and lot (a local tax), formed the electorate. They numbered about 600.
From 1754 to 1790, there were still about 600 voters. Namier and Brooke point out that the constituency was controlled by local squires. No election went to a poll in that period.

### Flint Boroughs 1832–1918

The Flint Boroughs was a district of boroughs constituency, which grouped a number of parliamentary boroughs in Flintshire into one single member constituency. The voters from 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 eight boroughs of Flint, Caergwrle, Caerwys, Holywell, Mold, Overton, Rhuddlan and St Asaph.
The boundaries of the parliamentary boroughs in the district were altered by the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1868, but the general nature of the constituency was unchanged. There were no further boundary changes in the 1885 redistribution of parliamentary seats.

## Members of Parliament
### Members of Parliament 1542–1640

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given. Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.
| Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Member |
| 1542 | 16 January 1542 | 28 March 1544 | unknown |
| 1545 | 23 November 1545 | 31 January 1547 | Thomas Salusbury |
| 1547 | 4 November 1547 | 15 April 1552 | Robert Massey |
| 1553 | 1 March 1553 | 31 March 1553 | Edward Stanley |
| 1553 | 5 October 1553 | 5 December 1553 | Edward Stanley |
| 1554 | 2 April 1554 | 3 May 1554 | ?Robert Massey |
| 1554 | 12 November 1554 | 16 January 1555 | Robert Massey |
| 1555 | 21 October 1555 | 9 December 1555 | Edward Stanley II |
| 1558 | 20 January 1558 | 17 November 1558 | Peter Mostyn |
| 1559 | 23 January 1559 | 8 May 1559 | John Hanmer |
| 1562–3 | 11 January 1563 | 2 January 1567 | John Conway |
| 1571 | 2 April 1571 | 29 May 1571 | John Hanmer |
| 1572 | 8 May 1572 | 19 April 1583 | Humphrey Hanmer |
| 1584 | 23 November 1584 | 14 September 1585 | Richard Lloyd |
| 1586 | 13 October 1586 | 23 March 1587 | Michael Doughty |
| 1588 | 4 February 1589 | 29 March 1589 | John Edwards |
| 1593 | 18 February 1593 | 10 April 1593 | Thomas Griffith |
| 1597 | 24 October 1597 | 9 February 1598 | Edward Morgan |
| 1601 | 27 October 1601 | 19 December 1601 | John Price |
| 1604 | 19 March 1604 | 9 February 1611 | Roger Brereton |
| 1614 | 5 April 1614 | 7 June 1614 | John Eyton |
| 1620 | 16 January 1621 | 8 February 1622 | William Ravenscroft |
| 1624 | 12 February 1624 | 27 March 1625 | William Ravenscroft |
| 1625 | 17 May 1625 | 12 August 1625 | William Ravenscroft |
| 1626 | 6 February 1626 | 15 June 1626 | John Salusbury |
| 1628 | 17 March 1628 | 10 March 1629 | William Ravenscroft |
| 1640 | 13 April 1640 | 5 May 1640 | Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bt |

### Members of Parliament 1640–1660

This sub-section includes the Long Parliament and the Rump Parliament, together with the Parliaments of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate (before the Convention Parliament of 1660).
| Elected | Assembled | Dissolved | Member | Note |
| 1640 | 3 November 1640 | 5 December 1648 | John Salusbury Disabled 1643 Thomas Myddelton 1646–1648 | Long Parliament |
| ... | 6 December 1648 | 20 April 1653 | unrepresented | Rump Parliament |
| ... | 4 July 1653 | 12 December 1653 | unrepresented | Barebones Parliament |
| 1654 | 3 September 1654 | 22 January 1655 | unrepresented | First Protectorate Parliament |
| 1656 | 17 September 1656 | 4 February 1658 | unrepresented | Second Protectorate Parliament |
| 1658–59 | 27 January 1659 | 22 April 1659 | John Hanmer | Third Protectorate Parliament |
| ... | 7 May 1659 | 20 February 1660 | unrepresented | Rump Parliament restored |
| ... | 21 February 1660 | 16 March 1660 | unknown | Long Parliament restored |

### Members of Parliament 1660–1918

| First Election | First Election | Member | Party | Note |
| | 1660, 12 November | Roger Whitley | | |
| | 1681, 7 March | Thomas Whitley | | |
| | 1685, 3 April | Sir John Hanmer, Bt | | |
| | 1690, 17 March | Thomas Whitley | Whig | |
| | 1695, 28 October | Sir Roger Puleston | Whig | Died 28 February 1697 |
| | 1697, 8 April | Thomas Ravenscroft | Whig | Died 3 May 1698 |
| | 1698, 13 August | Thomas Mostyn | Tory | |
| | 1701, 13 December | Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bt | Tory | Elected to sit for Thetford |
| | 1702, 2 February | Sir John Conway, Bt | Tory | |
| | 1702, 1 August | Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt | Tory | Elected to sit for Cheshire |
| | 1702, 2 December | Thomas Mostyn | Tory | |
| | 1705, 29 May | Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt | Tory | |
| | 1708, 20 May | Sir John Conway, Bt | Tory | |
| | 1713, 21 September | Sir Roger Mostyn, Bt | Tory | |
| | 1715, 18 February | Sir John Conway, Bt | | Died 27 April 1721 |
| | 1721, 10 June | Thomas Eyton | | |
| | 1727, 31 August | Salusbury Lloyd | | A double return. The House of Commons seated Lloyd. |
| | 1734, 16 May | Sir George Wynne, Bt | | Unseated on petition |
| | 1742, 22 March | Richard Williams | | Declared duly elected, on petition |
| | 1747, 3 July | Kyffin Williams | | Died 30 October 1753 |
| | 1753, 28 November | Sir John Glynne, Bt | | Died 1 June 1777 |
| | 1777, 26 June | Watkin Williams | | |
| | 1806, 11 November | Sir Edward Lloyd, Bt | | |
| | 1807, 27 May | William Shipley | | |
| | 1812, 10 October | Sir Edward Lloyd, Bt | Whig | Created the Lord Mostyn 1831 |
| | 1831, 22 September | Henry Glynne | Whig | Resigned |
| | 1832, 25 February | Sir Stephen Glynne, Bt | Whig | |
| | 1835 | Sir Stephen Glynne, Bt | Conservative | |
| | 1837, 1 August | Charles Whitley Deans Dundas | Whig | |
| | 1841, 30 June | Sir Richard Williams-Bulkeley, Bt | Whig | |
| | 1847, 31 July | Sir John Hanmer, Bt | Peelite | |
| | 1859 | Sir John Hanmer, Bt | Liberal | Created the Lord Hanmer 1872 |
| | 1872, 16 October | Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bt | Liberal | |
| | 1874, 6 February | P. Ellis Eyton | Liberal | Died 19 June 1878 |
| | 1878, 5 July | John Roberts | Liberal | |
| | 1892, July | Herbert Lewis | Liberal | |
| | 1906, 20 January | Howell Idris | Liberal | |
| | 1910, 19 January | James Woolley Summers | Liberal | Died 1 January 1913 |
| | 1913, 21 January | Thomas Henry Parry | Liberal | |
| 1918 | 1918 | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished | Constituency abolished |
Supplemental Notes:-
* $^1$ F. W. S. Craig, in his compilations of election results for Great Britain, classifies Whig, Radical and similar candidates as Liberals from 1832. The name Liberal was gradually adopted as a description for the Whigs and politicians allied with them, before the formal creation of the Liberal Party shortly after the 1859 general election.

## Election results 1690-1713

Sources 1690–1715: Cruickshanks et al.; 1715–1754: Stooks Smith; 1754–1784: Namier and Brooke; 1784–1832 Stooks Smith. Positive swing is from Whig to Tory. Source 1832–1918: Craig. Positive swing is from Liberal to Conservative.
General election 17 March 1690: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Thomas Whitley | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Whig gain from ? | Whig gain from ? | Swing | N/A | |
General election 28 October 1695: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Roger Puleston | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Death of Puleston
By-Election 8 April 1697: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Thomas Ravenscroft | 510 | 67.1 | N/A |
| | Tory | John Hanmer | 250 | 32.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 260 | 34.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 760 | | N/A |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Seat vacant at dissolution, on the death of Ravenscroft
General election 13 August 1698: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Thomas Mostyn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory gain from Whig | Tory gain from Whig | Swing | N/A | |
General Election 11 January 1701: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Thomas Mostyn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
General Election 13 December 1701: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Thomas Hanmer | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Hanmer was also returned by and elected to sit for Thetford
By-Election 2 February 1702: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | John Conway | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1 August 1702: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Roger Mostyn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Mostyn was also returned by and elected to sit for Cheshire
By-Election 2 December 1702: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Thomas Mostyn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 29 May 1705: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Roger Mostyn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 20 May 1708: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | John Conway | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 17 October 1710: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | John Conway | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 21 September 1713: Flint :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Tory | Roger Mostyn | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| | Tory hold | Tory hold | Swing | N/A | |

## Election results 1800-1832
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 1,200 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1831: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Edward Lloyd | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 1,200 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
Lloyd was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Mostyn and causing a by-election.
By-election, 22 September 1831: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Henry Glynne | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 1,200 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
Glynne resigned, causing a by-election.
By-election, 25 February 1832: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Stephen Glynne | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | c. 1,185 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |

## Election results 1832-1868
### Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Stephen Glynne | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,359 | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1835: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Stephen Glynne | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,067 | |
| | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig | Conservative gain from Whig |
General election 1837: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Whig | Charles Whitley Deans Dundas | 591 | 60.1 |
| | Conservative | Robert John Mostyn | 393 | 39.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 198 | 20.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 984 | 75.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,297 | |
| | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative | Whig gain from Conservative |

### Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Whig | Richard Williams-Bulkeley | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,006 | | |
| | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold | Whig hold |
General election 1847: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peelite | John Hanmer | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 840 | | |
| | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig | Peelite gain from Whig |

### Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peelite | John Hanmer | 386 | 59.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Richard Pelham Warren | 267 | 40.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 119 | 18.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 653 | 79.7 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 819 | | |
| | Peelite hold | Peelite hold | Swing | N/A | |
General election 1857: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peelite | John Hanmer | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 783 | | |
| | Peelite hold | Peelite hold | Peelite hold | Peelite hold | Peelite hold |
General election 1859: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Hanmer | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 741 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Hanmer | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 689 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

## Election results 1868-1880
### Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Hanmer | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,279 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### Elections in the 1870s

Hanmer was raised to the peerage, becoming Lord Hanmer.
By-election, 16 Oct 1872: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Robert Cunliffe | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
General election 1874: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | P. Ellis Eyton | 1,076 | 36.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Conwy Greville Hercules Rowley-Conwy | 1,072 | 36.7 | New |
| | Liberal | Robert Cunliffe | 772 | 26.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 0.1 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,920 | 80.5 | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,628 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
Eyton's death caused a by-election.
By-election, 5 Jul 1878: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Roberts | 1,636 | 52.0 | −11.2 |
| | Conservative | Philip Pennant Pennant | 1,511 | 48.0 | +11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 | 4.0 | +3.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,147 | 84.9 | +4.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,707 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −11.2 | |

### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Roberts | 2,039 | 58.1 | −5.1 |
| | Conservative | Philip Pennant Pennant | 1,468 | 41.9 | +5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 571 | 16.2 | +16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,507 | 92.4 | +11.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,794 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | −5.2 | |

## Election results 1885-1918
### Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Roberts | 1,835 | 51.7 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Philip Pennant Pennant | 1,713 | 48.3 | +6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 122 | 3.4 | −12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,548 | 94.0 | +1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,773 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | | |
General election 1886: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | John Roberts | 1,827 | 56.6 | +4.9 |
| | Liberal Unionist | Sir Henry Mather-Jackson, 3rd Baronet | 1,403 | 43.4 | −4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 424 | 13.2 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,230 | 85.6 | −8.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,773 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.9 | |

### Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Lewis | 1,883 | 55.3 | −1.3 |
| | Conservative | Philip Pennant Pennant | 1,524 | 44.7 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 359 | 10.6 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,407 | 91.8 | +6.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,710 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
General election 1895: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Lewis | 1,828 | 52.4 | −2.9 |
| | Conservative | Philip Pennant Pennant | 1,663 | 47.6 | +2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 165 | 4.8 | −5.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,491 | 90.6 | −1.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,853 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.9 | |

### Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Lewis | 1,760 | 55.5 | +3.1 |
| | Conservative | John Lloyd-Price | 1,413 | 44.5 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 347 | 11.0 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,173 | 88.6 | −2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,581 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 | |
General election 1906: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Howell Idris | 1,899 | 55.5 | 0.0 |
| | Conservative | John Eldon Bankes | 1,523 | 44.5 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 376 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,422 | 93.5 | +4.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,659 | | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | James Woolley Summers | 2,150 | 55.5 | 0.0 |
| | Conservative | H.A. Tilby | 1,723 | 44.5 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 427 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,873 | 95.4 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 | |
General election December 1910: Flint Boroughs :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | James Woolley Summers | 2,098 | 56.9 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Henry Howard | 1,589 | 43.1 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 509 | 13.8 | +2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,687 | 90.8 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +1.4 | |
1913 Flint Boroughs by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Tom Parry | 2,152 | 52.6 | −4.3 |
| | Unionist | J. Hamlet Roberts | 1,941 | 47.4 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 211 | 5.2 | −8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,093 | 94.1 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -4.3 | |
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: Tom Parry
* Unionist: J. Hamlet Roberts