| Carmarthen | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 1832 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
| Previous: | Carmarthen and Carmarthenshire (part) |
| Year2: | 1542 |
| Abolished2: | 1832 |
| Type2: | Borough |
| Elects Howmany2: | One |
| Region: | Wales |
| County: | Carmarthenshire |
Carmarthen was a borough constituency of the House of Commons in the English Parliament and later the UK Parliament. It existed between 1542 until 1832 representing the town of Carmarthen, Wales. In 1832 it was expanded and named Carmarthen Boroughs from 1832 until 1918. A county-wide constituency of Carmarthenshire also existed between 1542 and 1885.
In 1918 Carmarthen Boroughs was abolished and a new county-wide division with the name Carmarthen was established.
Until 1832, Carmarthen was a borough constituency consisting of the town of Carmarthen.
Between 1832 and 1918 Carmarthen was a district of boroughs constituency, consisting of Carmarthen itself and Llanelli, and was sometimes called "The Carmarthen Boroughs". A county-wide constituency also existed, called Carmarthenshire, until 1885 (at which point it was split into East and West).
In 1918, the Carmarthen borough constituency was abolished, but the name was transferred to the new county-wide division of Carmarthen.
| Parliament | Member | |
|---|---|---|
| 1542 | Gruffydd Williams[1] | |
| 1545 | Gruffydd Williams | |
| 1547 | Thomas Phaer | |
| 1553 (Mar) | William Parry | |
| 1553 (Oct) | Gruffydd Hygons | |
| 1554 (Apr) | William Aubrey[2] | |
| 1554 (Nov) | John Parry | |
| 1555 | William Wightman | |
| 1558 | John Vaughan | |
| 1559 | John Parry[3] | |
| 1563 | John Morgan | |
| 1571 | ?John Vaughan | |
| 1572 | Thomas Wigmore | |
| 1584 | John Puckering, sat for Bedford replaced 1584 by Edward Donne Lee | |
| 1586 | Edward Donne Lee | |
| 1588 | Gelly Meyrick | |
| 1593 | Sir Thomas Baskerville | |
| 1597 | Henry Vaughan | |
| 1601 | Walter Rice | |
| 1604–1611 | Sir Walter Rice | |
| 1614 | William Thomas | |
| 1621 | Henry Vaughan | |
| 1624 | Henry Vaughan | |
| 1626 | Henry Vaughan | |
| 1628 | Henry Vaughan | |
| 1629–1640 | No Parliaments summoned |
| Election | Member | c | 2 | date=March 2012">! | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1640 (Apr) | Francis Lloyd | Royalist | ||||
| 1640 (Nov) | Francis Lloyd | Royalist | ||||
| February 1644 | Lloyd disabled from sitting – seat vacant | |||||
| 1646 | William Davies | |||||
| December 1648 | Davies not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge | |||||
| 1653 | Carmarthen was not represented in the Barebones Parliament or the First or Second Parliaments of the Protectorate | |||||
| January 1659 | David Morgan | |||||
| May 1659 | Not represented in the restored Rump | |||||
| April 1660 | Arthur Annesley | |||||
| 1661 | Hon. John Vaughan | |||||
| 1679 | Altham Vaughan | |||||
| 1685 | Richard Vaughan | |||||
| 1725 | James Phillips | |||||
| 1727 | Arthur Bevan | |||||
| 1741 | Sir John Philipps | |||||
| 1747 | Thomas Mathews | |||||
| 1751 | Griffith Philipps | |||||
| 1761 | The Earl Verney | |||||
| 1768 | Griffith Philipps | |||||
| 1774 | John Adams | |||||
| 1780 | George Philipps | |||||
| 1784 | John George Philipps | |||||
| May 1796 | Magens Dorrien Magens[4] | |||||
| November 1796 | John George Philipps | |||||
| 1803 | Sir William Paxton | |||||
| 1806 | Vice-Admiral George Campbell | Whig | ||||
| 1813 | John Campbell | Whig | ||||
| 1821 | John Jones | Tory | ||||
| Election | Member | c | 2 | date=March 2012"/>! | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | Hon. William Yelverton | Whig[5] | ||||
| 1835 | David Lewis | Conservative | ||||
| 1837 | David Morris | Whig[6] [7] | ||||
| 1859 | Liberal | |||||
| 1864 | William Morris | Liberal | ||||
| 1868 | (Sir) John Cowell-Stepney[8] | Liberal | ||||
| 1874 | Charles William Nevill | Conservative | ||||
| 1876 | (Sir) Arthur Cowell-Stepney[9] | Liberal | ||||
| 1878 by-election | Benjamin Thomas Williams | Liberal | ||||
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At the 1830 general election, rioting broke out during polling, at which point John Jones and his Whig rival, John George Philipps, had secured three votes apiece. The vote was abandoned and a by-election was called four months later in December.