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334:. Although Dillwyn was an Anglican, he was considered to have 'advanced' views in relation to the disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Wales and he regularly sought to introduce legislation on this issue in the House of Commons. Dillwyn was opposed in 1885 by the little known 22-year-old Conservative candidate, W.H. Meredyth. Meredyth belonged to a leading Anglo-Irish family and drew much of his support during the campaign from various members of the aristocracy who came to Swansea to support him. At several meetings, he struggled to gain a hearing but polled remarkably well given his youth and inexperience. 1027: 1348: 355:, who was well known for his radical views and was, as a result, popular amongst the working class electorate. At his adoption meeting, Burnie declared himself sternly in favour of disestablishment, reflecting the views of his predecessor, but also expressed strong support for Home Rule for Wales as well as Ireland, thus placing himself firmly in the 363:
Burnie's campaign in a speech resonating with references to his own father's time as MP for Swansea. Vivian's intervention may have been calculated to counter the impact of the Conservatives' decision to adopt Sir John Llewelyn, a very popular figure locally and nephew of the late member, Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn.
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Shortly after Dillwyn's death, Ormesby-Gore withdrew and the Conservatives selected his nephew, Sir John Llewelyn as their candidate. Llewelyn was commonly regarded as being the strongest candidate available to the Conservatives but due to the family connection he was unable to contest Swansea Town.
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Swansea Liberal Association was presided over from the outset by industrialists such as Cory Yeo and Morgan Tutton, and their influence contributed to the return of a Liberal candidate at every election down to 1922, save that of 1895. In relation to popular support, the substantial Irish community
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Burnie was another local industrialist whose somewhat advanced views on social questions made him popular with the labour element but somewhat suspect amongst his colleagues. Burnie launched his campaign at a public meeting at the Albert Hall, Swansea, where Sir Hussey Vivian presided and endorsed
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In contrast to most of the Glamorgan seats, Swansea Town was not natural Liberal territory although the involvement of its powerful industrialists within the Liberal Association prevented the Conservatives from gaining the seat, apart from the 1895 election. After the turn of the century, labour
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In 1892, Dillwyn, now aged 78, had every intention of contesting the General Election. On 1 June a joint meeting of the Swansea Conservative and Liberal Unionist associations resolved to nominate F. Ormesby-Gore as the candidate in the forthcoming election. However, on 18 June, Dillwyn, having
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in Swansea supported the Liberals. However, the most powerful feature in the last years of the nineteenth century was the substantial nonconformist vote, which was strongly influenced by ministers such as Gomer Lewis of Capel Gomer Baptist Church in the centre of the city.
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candidates began to make an impact in municipal elections in Swansea, drawing support from the dockers as well as the miners and tin-platers, but this did not lead to a serious parliamentary challenge to the Liberals until after the First World War.
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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;
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of 1659. Otherwise it was a contributory borough to Cardiff until 1832 and then until 1885 it was the principal borough of the Swansea district of boroughs.
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constituency, Dillwyn was taken ill at a meeting to plan his own campaign and died the following day at the Royal Hotel, Swansea.
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By 1900 Burnie's opposition to the South African Wr ensured that he was not re-adopted. In his place the Liberals selected
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attended a meeting at Swansea Liberal Club where David Randell was re-adopted as Liberal candidate for the
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Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918
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Burnie was a casualty of the 1895 election when he was defeated by
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constituency - a combination of the boroughs of Swansea,
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The constituency was created in 1885 when the previous
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The first member, from 1885, was the veteran radical
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Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
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Dillwyn MP" 1729: 1717: 1987:Wales in British Politics 1868–1922 1800:"The Political Campaign in Swansea" 25: 2004:Rees, Ivor Thomas (Autumn 2004). 1896:"Meredyth, W. H. (Swansea Town)" 1576: 1543: 1437: 1414: 1381: 1250: 1217: 1093: 1060: 923: 890: 765: 732: 611: 578: 474: 442: 124:Parliament of the United Kingdom 1519:General election December 1910 1: 2540:Ceredigion and Pembroke North 1905:. 26 November 1885. p. 6 1357:General election January 1910 1193:General election January 1906 373:Sir John Dillwyn-Llewelyn, Bt 316:Third Protectorate Parliament 110:, to distinguish it from the 29:Electoral district of Swansea 118:. It was represented in the 2667:Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 310:Swansea was represented by 2808: 2707:Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 2337:Cardiff Central (historic) 2213:Pembroke and Haverfordwest 1985:Morgan, Kenneth O (1991). 26: 2632: 2613: 2586: 2567: 2535: 2516: 2429: 2415: 2393: 2379: 2322: 2308: 2276: 2265: 2153: 2139: 2072: 2058: 1943:British Newspaper Archive 1630: 1598: 1537: 1534: 1531: 1528: 1495: 1463: 1375: 1372: 1369: 1366: 1320: 1274: 1211: 1208: 1205: 1202: 1165: 1117: 1054: 1051: 1048: 1045: 995: 947: 884: 881: 878: 875: 835: 789: 726: 723: 720: 717: 679: 633: 572: 569: 566: 563: 539: 495: 483:William Herbert Meredyth 436: 433: 430: 427: 296: 243:Sir John Dillwyn-Llewelyn 185: 43: 1933:. 3 July 1886. p. 1 1653:General Election 1914–15 377:Glamorgan County Council 2342:Cardiff East (historic) 2657:Brecon and Radnorshire 2601:Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 2271:Last contested in 1915 1585:David Villiers Meager 1352: 1343:Elections in the 1910s 1031: 1022:Elections in the 1900s 861: 702:Elections in the 1890s 591:Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn 455:Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn 412:Elections in the 1880s 351:The Liberals selected 332:Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn 326:Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn 298:constituency abolished 205:Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn 2737:Preseli Pembrokeshire 2286:Carmarthen (historic) 1350: 1103:John Dillwyn-Llewelyn 1036:General election 1900 1029: 903:John Dillwyn-Llewelyn 866:General election 1895 860: 775:John Dillwyn-Llewelyn 708:General election 1892 620:Albert James Lambert 554:General election 1886 418:General election 1885 179:Members of Parliament 106:(known officially as 2243:West Carmarthenshire 2228:South Glamorganshire 2168:East Carmarthenshire 134:system of election. 128:Member of Parliament 116:borough constituency 46:borough constituency 2777:Politics of Swansea 2367:University of Wales 2233:South Monmouthshire 2208:North Monmouthshire 2178:East Glamorganshire 2010:Gwent Local History 1522: 1360: 1306:Registered electors 1196: 1151:Registered electors 1039: 981:Registered electors 869: 821:Registered electors 711: 665:Registered electors 557: 525:Registered electors 421: 132:first-past-the-post 2619:Last contested in 2573:Last contested in 2522:Last contested in 2459:Cardiff South East 2454:Cardiff North West 2421:Last contested in 2385:Last contested in 2357:Llandaff and Barry 2314:Last contested in 2253:West Monmouthshire 2193:Mid Glamorganshire 2145:Last contested in 2064:Last contested in 1966:Morgan, Kenneth O. 1959:Books and Journals 1517: 1442:Independent Labour 1355: 1353: 1191: 1034: 1032: 864: 862: 706: 552: 416: 2764: 2763: 2760: 2759: 2609: 2608: 2563: 2562: 2512: 2511: 2411: 2410: 2375: 2374: 2304: 2303: 2261: 2260: 2248:West Denbighshire 2198:Monmouth Boroughs 2173:East Denbighshire 2135: 2134: 1732:, pp. 61–63. 1720:, pp. 58–60. 1708:, pp. 12–13. 1650: 1649: 1515: 1514: 1340: 1339: 1189: 1188: 1019: 1018: 855: 854: 699: 698: 550: 549: 389:Sir George Newnes 367:Sir John Llewelyn 303: 302: 126:. 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Index

Swansea Town (UK Parliament constituency)
Electoral district of Swansea
borough constituency
House of Commons
1885
1918
Swansea District
Swansea East
Swansea West
Swansea District
borough constituency
House of Commons
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of Parliament
first-past-the-post
Swansea District
Neath
Aberavon
Loughor
Kenfig
Morriston
1885
Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn
Liberal
1892
Robert Burnie
Liberal
1895
Sir John Dillwyn-Llewelyn
Conservative

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