Caernarvonshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885 and from 1918 until 1950. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system.

Members of Parliament Constituency created (1542)

MPs 1542–1604 ParliamentMember1542 ?John "Wynn" ap Maredudd1545 John Puleston1547 Sir John Puleston, died 1552 and replaced by John "Wynn" ap Maredudd} 1553 (Mar) John Wynn ap Hugh1553 (Oct) Morris Wynn1554 (Apr) Morris Wynn1554 (Nov) David Lloyd ap Thomas1555 Sir Rhys Gruffydd1558 William Wynn Williams1558–1559 Robert Pugh1563 (Jan) Morris Wynn1571 John Wynn ap Hugh1572 (Apr) John Gwynne, died 1574 and replaced by William Thomas1584 William Thomas1586 John Wynn1588 (Oct) Hugh Gwyn Bodvel1593 William Maurice1597 (Oct) William Griffith1601 (Sep) William Jones

MPs 1604–1950 YearMemberParty 1604 Sir William Maurice 1614 Richard Wynn 1621 John Griffith1624 Thomas Glynn1625 Thomas Glynn1626 John Griffith1628 John Griffith1640 April Thomas Glynn1640 November John Griffith junior disabled 16421647 Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet 1653 Not represented in Barebones Parliament

YearFirst MemberSecond MemberTwo members in first and second protectorate parliaments 1654 Sir John Glynne Thomas Madryn1656 Sir John Glynne Henry Lawrence Robert Williams

YearMemberParty 1659 William Glynne 1660 Sir John Glynne 1661 Sir Richard Wynn, 4th Baronet 1675 Robert Bulkeley, 2nd Viscount Bulkeley 1679 Thomas Bulkeley 1689 Sir William Williams, 6th Baronet 1697 Thomas Bulkeley 1705 Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet 1713 William Griffith 1715 John Griffith 1740 John Wynn 1741 William Bodvell 1754 Sir John Wynn, 2nd Baronet 1761 Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet 1774 Thomas Assheton Smith 1780 John Parry 1790 Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet Whig 1826 Sir Thomas Wynn, 3rd Baronet Non Partisan 1830 Charles Griffith-Wynne Tory 1832 Thomas Assheton Smith Tory 1834 Conservative 1837 John Ormsby-Gore Conservative 1841 Edward Douglas-Pennant Conservative 1866 George Douglas-Pennant Conservative 1868 Love Jones-Parry Liberal 1874 Hon. George Douglas-Pennant Conservative April 1880 Watkin Williams Liberal December 1880 William Rathbone Liberal1885 Constituency abolished1918 Constituency re-created 1918 Charles Edward Breese Coalition Liberal Jan 1922 National Liberal Nov 1922 Robert Jones Labour 1923 Goronwy Owen Liberal 1945 Goronwy Roberts Labour1950 Constituency abolished

Uncontested elections 1830–1865

Elections 1866–1885 Elections in the 1860s Pennant was elevated to the peerage, becoming Lord Penrhyn, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Williams resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice

Elections 1918–1945 Elections in the 1910s

Elections in the 1920s

Elections in the 1930s

Owen opposed the National Government

General Election 1939–40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; Liberal: Goronwy Owen Labour: Elwyn Jones

Elections in the 1940s

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