List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1959–1964) 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 Forty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom (1959–1964).

Most MPs elected for Welsh constituencies at the 1959 United Kingdom general election, held on 8 October 1959, served a full term, but there were three by-elections.

The list is sorted by the name of the MP.

Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Welsh Labour Party	28
	Welsh Conservative Party	6
	Welsh Liberal Party	2
Total		36

MPs

MP		Constituency	Party	In constituency since
	Leo Abse	Pontypool	Labour Party	1958 by-election
	Aneurin Bevan	Ebbw Vale	Labour Party	1929
	Nigel Birch	West Flintshire	Conservative Party	1950
	Roderic Bowen	Cardiganshire	Liberal Party	1945
	Donald Box	Cardiff North	Conservative Party	1959
	James Callaghan	Cardiff South East	Labour Party	1945
	Clement Davies	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Party	1929
	Elfed Davies	Rhondda East	Labour Party	1959
	Ifor Davies	Gower	Labour Party	1959
	S. O. Davies	Merthyr Tydfil	Labour Party	1934 by-election
	Desmond Donnelly	Pembrokeshire	Labour Party	1950
	Ness Edwards	Caerphilly	Labour Party	1939 by-election
	Harold Finch	Bedwellty	Labour Party	1950
	Raymond Gower	Barry	Conservative Party	1951
	Jim Griffiths	Llanelli	Labour Party	1936 by-election
	Cledwyn Hughes	Anglesey	Labour Party	1951
	Idwal Jones	Wrexham	Labour Party	1955
	Thomas Jones	Merioneth	Labour Party	1951
	Megan Lloyd George^[1]	Carmarthen	Labour Party	1957 by-election
	Geraint Morgan	Denbigh	Conservative Party	1959
	John Morris	Aberavon	Labour Party	1959
	David Mort	Swansea East	Labour Party	1940 by-election
	Walter Padley	Ogmore	Labour Party	1950
	Arthur Pearson	Pontypridd	Labour Party	1938 by-election
	Arthur Probert	Aberdare	Labour Party	1954 by-election
	Hugh Rees	Swansea West	Conservative Party	1959
	Goronwy Roberts	Caernarfon	Labour Party	1950
	Frank Soskice	Newport	Labour Party	1956 by-election
	George Thomas	Cardiff West	Labour Party	1945
	Iorwerth Thomas	Rhondda West	Labour Party	1950
	Peter Thomas	Conwy	Labour Party	1951
	Peter Thorneycroft	Monmouth	Conservative Party	1945 by-election
	Tudor Watkins	Brecon and Radnor	Labour Party	1945
	D. J. Williams	Neath	Labour Party	1945 by-election
	Llywelyn Williams	Abertillery	Labour Party	1950 by-election
	Eirene White	East Flintshire	Labour Party	1950

By-elections

There were three by-elections during this period:

• 1960 Ebbw Vale was won by Labour MP Michael Foot
• 1962 Montgomeryshire was won by Liberal MP Emlyn Hooson
• 1963 Swansea East was won by Labour MP Neil McBride

See also

• 1959 United Kingdom general election

References

1. News: 2016-07-14 . Plaid Cymru's first MP 'helped change course of a nation' . 2024-06-08 . BBC News . en-GB.