Wales: 1918 general election results
How Wales voted at the 1918 general election: the Coalition Liberals won 17 of 35 seats with 39.2% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition Liberal | 17 | new | 207,377 | 39.2% | — | ||
| Labour | 9 | new | 163,055 | 30.8% | — | ||
| Conservative | 4 | new | 59,592 | 11.3% | — | ||
| Liberal | 3 | new | 51,382 | 9.7% | — | ||
| Coalition Labour | 1 | new | 22,824 | 4.3% | — | ||
| Independent Labour | 1 | new | 17,183 | 3.3% | — | ||
| Independent Conservative | 0 | new | 3,419 | 0.7% | — | ||
| Independent | 0 | new | 2,958 | 0.6% | — | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 1,244 | 0.2% | |||||
Change compared with the previous general election in Wales.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglesey | Ind Lab | 140 | 0.8 | 69.4% | |
| Breconshire and Radnorshire | Co Lib | unopposed | — | — | |
| Caernarvon District of Boroughs | Co Lib | 12,898 | 85.5 | 63.4% | |
| Caernarvonshire | Co Lib | 2,343 | 9.9 | 64.6% | |
| Cardiff Central | Con | 3,879 | 18.7 | 56.9% | |
| Cardiff East | Lib | 1,985 | 10.2 | 64.6% | |
| Cardiff South | Con | 3,619 | 22.1 | 57.8% | |
| Cardiganshire | Co Lib | unopposed | — | — | |
| Carmarthenshire Carmarthen | Co Lib | unopposed | — | — | |
| Carmarthenshire Llanelli | Co Lib | 1,935 | 6.3 | 68.9% | |
| Denbighshire Denbigh | Co Lib | 11,815 | 66.6 | 58.2% | |
| Denbighshire Wrexham | Co Lib | 14,374 | 52.5 | 69.7% | |
| Flintshire | Co Lib | unopposed | — | — | |
| Glamorganshire Aberavon | Co Lib | 5,877 | 27.1 | 71.4% | |
| Glamorganshire Caerphilly | Lab | 2,014 | 9.6 | 64.0% | |
| Glamorganshire Gower | Lab | 1,756 | 9.5 | 62.2% | |
| Glamorganshire Llandaff and Barry | Con | 6,700 | 31.2 | 63.0% | |
| Glamorganshire Neath | Co Lib | 8,148 | 29.6 | 70.6% | |
| Glamorganshire Ogmore | Lab | unopposed | — | — | |
| Glamorganshire Pontypridd | Co Lib | 3,175 | 13.4 | 68.3% | |
| Merionethshire | Lib | unopposed | — | — | |
| Merthyr Tydfil Aberdare | Co Lab | 16,595 | 57.1 | 69.8% | |
| Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr | Co Lib | 1,445 | 5.4 | 76.5% | |
| Monmouthshire Abertillery | Lab | unopposed | — | — | |
| Monmouthshire Bedwellty | Lab | 1,560 | 7.1 | 70.8% | |
| Monmouthshire Ebbw Vale | Lab | unopposed | — | — | |
| Monmouthshire Monmouth | Con | 2,975 | 19.4 | 55.7% | |
| Monmouthshire Pontypool | Lab | 1,417 | 6.6 | 72.1% | |
| Montgomeryshire | Lib | unopposed | — | — | |
| Newport | Co Lib | 3,846 | 15.4 | 62.2% | |
| Pembrokeshire | Co Lib | 11,488 | 41.8 | 64.3% | |
| Rhondda East | Lab | unopposed | — | — | |
| Rhondda West | Lab | unopposed | — | — | |
| Swansea East | Co Lib | 4,730 | 27.2 | 64.1% | |
| Swansea West | Co Lib | 1,181 | 5.5 | 67.4% |
Questions and answers
Who won in Wales at the 1918 general election?
The Coalition Liberals won 17 of the 35 seats in Wales, with 39.2% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Wales in 1918?
35 constituencies.
Official results House of Commons Library, General election results from 1918 to 2019. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data