List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1945–1950) explained

This is a list of members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Welsh constituencies for the Thirty Eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom (1945–1950).

Most MPs elected for Welsh constituencies at the 1945 United Kingdom general election, held on 5 July 1945, served a full term, but there were four by-elections.

The list is sorted by the name of the MP.

Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Welsh Labour Party	24
		6
	Welsh Conservative Party	3
		1
Total		35

MPs

MP		Constituency	Party	In constituency since
	Aneurin Bevan	Ebbw Vale	Labour Party	1929
	Nigel Birch	Flintshire	Conservative Party	1945
	Roderic Bowen	Cardiganshire	Liberal Party	1945
	James Callaghan	Cardiff South East	Labour Party	1945
	William Cove	Abervaon	Labour Party	1929
	George Daggar	Abertillery	Labour Party	1929
	Clement Davies	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Party	1929
	S. O. Davies	Merthyr Tydfil	Labour Party	1934 by-election
	Charles Edwards	Bedwellty	Labour Party	1918
	Ness Edwards	Caerphilly	Labour Party	1939 by-election
	Peter Freeman	Newport	Labour Party	1945
	David Grenfell	Gower	Labour Party	1922
	Jim Griffiths	Llanelli	Labour Party	1936 by-election
	George Hall	Aberdare	Labour Party	1922
	Arthur Jenkins	Pontypool	Labour Party	1935
	William John	Rhondda West	Labour Party	1920 by-election
	Gwilym Lloyd George	Pembrokeshire	Liberal Party	1929
	Megan Lloyd George^[1]	Anglesey	Liberal Party	1929
	William Mainwaring	Rhondda East	Labour Party	1933 by-election
	Percy Morris	Swansea West	Labour Party	1945
	Rhys Hopkin Morris	Carmarthen	Liberal Party	1945
	Henry Morris-Jones	Denbigh	National Liberal	1929
	David Mort	Swansea East	Labour Party	1940 by-election
	Ted Williams	Ogmore	Labour Party	1931 by-election
	Arthur Pearson	Pontypridd	Labour Party	1938 by-election
	David Price-White	Caernarfon	Conservative Party	1945
	Leslie Pym	Monmouth	Conservative Party	1939 by-election
	Robert Richards	Wrexham	Labour Party	1935
	Emrys Roberts	Merioneth	Liberal Party	1945
	Goronwy Roberts	Caernarvonshire	Labour Party	1945
	George Thomas	Cardiff Central	Labour Party	1945
	Lynn Ungoed-Thomas	Llandaff and Barry	Labour Party	1945
	Tudor Watkins	Brecon and Radnor	Labour Party	1945
	D. J. Williams	Neath	Labour Party	1945 by-election

By-elections

There was one by-election during this period:

• 1945 Monmouth by-election won by Peter Thorneycroft (Con)
• 1946 Ogmore by-election won by John Evans (Lab)
• 1946 Pontypool by-election won by Granville West (Lab)
• 1946 Aberdare by-election won by David Thomas (Lab)

See also

• 1945 United Kingdom general election

References

1. News: 2019-10-11 . Plaque for Wales' first female MP Megan Lloyd George . 2024-09-26 . BBC News . en-GB.