List of MPs for constituencies in Wales (1966–1970)

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-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom (1966–1970).

Most MPs elected for Welsh constituencies at the 1966 United Kingdom general election, held on 31 March 1966, served a full term but there were three by-elections.

The list is sorted by the name of the MP.

Composition AffiliationMembersWelsh Labour Party32Welsh Conservative Party3Welsh Liberal Party1 Total36

MPs MPConstituencyPartyIn constituency sinceLeo AbsePontypoolLabour Party1958 by-electionDonald AndersonMonmouthLabour Party1966Nigel BirchWest FlintshireConservative Party1950James CallaghanCardiff South EastLabour Party1945Donald ColemanNeathLabour Party1964Elfed DaviesRhondda EastLabour Party1959Ifor DaviesGowerLabour Party1959S. O. DaviesMerthyr TydfilLabour Party1934 by-electionDesmond DonnellyPembrokeshireLabour Party1950Ness EdwardsCaerphillyLabour Party1939 by-electionWill EdwardsMerionethLabour Party1966Harold FinchBedwelltyLabour Party1950Michael FootEbbw ValeLabour Party1960 by-electionRaymond GowerBarryConservative Party1951Jim GriffithsLlanelliLabour Party1936 by-electionEmlyn HoosonMontgomeryLiberal Party1962 by-electionEdnyfed Hudson DaviesConwyLabour Party1966Cledwyn HughesAngleseyLabour Party1951Roy HughesNewportLabour Party1966Idwal JonesWrexhamLabour Party1955Megan Lloyd GeorgeCarmarthenLabour Party1957 by-electionNeil McBrideSwansea EastLabour Party1963 by-electionElystan MorganCardiganshireLabour Party1966Geraint MorganDenbighConservative Party1959John MorrisAbervaonLabour Party1959Walter PadleyOgmoreLabour Party1950Arthur PearsonPontypriddLabour Party1938 by-electionArthur ProbertAberdareLabour Party1954 by-electionGoronwy RobertsCaernarfonLabour Party1950Ted RowlandsCardiff NorthLabour Party1966George ThomasCardiff WestLabour Party1945Iorwerth ThomasRhondda WestLabour Party1950Tudor WatkinsBrecon and RadnorLabour Party1945Alan J. WilliamsSwansea WestLabour Party1964Clifford WilliamsAbertilleryLabour Party1965 by-electionEirene WhiteEast FlintshireLabour Party1950

By-elections There were three by-elections during this period:

1966 Carmarthen by-election won by Gwynfor Evans, the first ever Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament 1967 Rhondda West by-election won by Labour candidate Alec Jones 1968 Caerphilly by-election won by Labour candidate Alfred Evans

See also

1966 United Kingdom general election

References