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{{Short description|Defunct Welsh constituency of the English and UK Parliaments (1542–1885)}}
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{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Cardigan
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The '''Cardigan District of Boroughs''' was a [[United Kingdom constituencies|parliamentary constituency]] in [[Wales]] which returned one [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) to the [[British House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]] and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the [[1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885|1885 general election]]. The [[borough constituency]] comprised the four towns of [[Cardigan, Ceredigion|Cardigan]], [[Aberystwyth]], [[Lampeter]] and [[Adpar]] - geographically separated from each other but all within the county of [[Cardiganshire]].
 
==History==
For much of its existence, the constituency was dominated by a relatively small number of landed families. During the eighteenth century, representation was keenly contested between the county families.<ref name="HistParl1790con">{{cite web|last1=Thorne|first1=R.G.|title=Cardigan Boroughs|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/constituencies/cardigan-boroughs|website=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820|publisher=Institute of Historical Research|accessdate=25 October 2017}}</ref>
 
At the turn of the nineteenth century, the county town of Cardigan remained the largest of the boroughs with a population of 1,911 in 1801, and was controlled by the Earl of Lisburne.<ref name="HistParl1790con" /> Lisburne's heir, John Vaughan, held the seat unopposed from 1796. However, Aberystwyth experienced rapid population growth in this period and its population reached 1,758 by 1801. Aberystwyth was under the influence of [[Edward Loveden Loveden]], of [[Gogerddan]].<ref name="HistParl1790con" /> Loveden had obtained the estate through his marriage to Margaret Pryse, and coveted a parliamentary seat for his son, [[Pryse Pryse|Pryse Loveden]], who had adopted the name Pryse Pryse upon inheriting the estate upon his mother's death in 1796.
 
However, the Lisburne interest remained predominant until after the closely contested election of 1812, when Vaughan defeated Herbert Evans of Highmead by eighty votes.<ref name="CJ 31-10-1812">{{cite news|title=Cardigan|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3677004/3677007/12|accessdate=27 October 2017|newspaper=Carmarthen Journal|date=31 October 1812|page=3}}</ref>
 
After this contest, Vaughan's position became untenable, and it was assumed that he would not to contest the next election. In 1816, following the death of [[Thomas Johnes]], the member for the county, [[Pryse Pryse]] of [[Pryse baronets|Gogerddan]] withdrew in favour of [[William Edward Powell]] of [[Nanteos Mansion|Nanteos]], in order to avoid a contest. This was a political as well as a personal compromise, since Powell was a Tory and Pryse a Whig.<ref name="HistParl1790con" /> In 1818, Pryse was elected unopposed for the boroughs, and held the seat for over thirty years. In 1832 the [[Reform Act 1832|Reform Act]] resulted in a larger electorate as householders of homes worth over £10 were enfranchised in the boroughs. The constituency was still dominated by the Loveden-Pryse family of Gogerddan. Pryse Pryse held the seat from 1818 until his death in 1849, except for the 1841 election (see below). By agreement between Pryse and William Edward Powell, who continued as member for the county until his resignation in 1854, neither challenged the othersother's domination and so elections were almost always unopposed.
 
The one exception was the [[1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841|1841 election]] when there was a close contest with John Harford, which was characterized by allegations of coercion. The contest was attended byaby a great deal of confusion. The poll books for Aberystwyth were either lost or stolen and never reached the returning officer, who came to the view that he should declare both candidates elected due to the uncertainty (the Conservative was slightly ahead in the polls from the other three parts). Neither of the two candidates could actually speak in the House of Commons until a committee determined the election, and it accepted the evidence that the Liberal candidate (Pryse) had outpolled the Conservative (Harford) by 305 to 285, enough to make his election secure, so he was given the seat.
 
In 1842, largely as a result of this episode, Pryse declared his support for the secret ballot.<ref name="W 15-7-42">{{cite news|title=Cardiganshire. Mr Pryse Pryse and the Ballot|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4345604/4345607/22|accessdate=21 October 2017|newspaper=Welshman|date=15 July 1842|page=3}}</ref>
Apart from 1855, when John Lloyd Davies won a byelection by 12 votes, the Conservatives never won the borough.
 
Apart from 1855, when [[John Lloyd Davies]] won a byelection by 12 votes, the Conservatives never won the borough.
 
 
For most of this period, he was returned unopposed, but in 1841 In 1842, largely as a result of this episode, Pryse declared his support for the secret ballot..<ref name="W 15-7-42">{{cite news|title=Cardiganshire. Mr Pryse Pryse and the Ballot|url=http://newspapers.library.wales/view/4345604/4345607/22|accessdate=21 October 2017|newspaper=Welshman|date=15 July 1842|page=3}}</ref>
 
The last member to represent the constituency was [[David Davies (industrialist)|David Davies]] from 1874 until 1885. When the county and borough constituencies were merged to form the Cardiganshire seat in 1885, David Davies comfortably won the election. In 1886, however, Davies joined the [[Liberal Unionists]] and was narrowly defeated at the General Election that year by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] candidate.
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| 1553 || 1 March 1553 || 31 March 1553 || [[Edward ap Howell]] ||
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| 1553 || 5 October 1553 || 5 December 1553 || [[John Gwyn (MP for Cardigan)|John Gwyn]] ||
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| 1554 || 2 April 1554 || 3 May 1554 || [[John Powell (MP for Cardigan)|John Powell]] ||
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| 1554 || 12 November 1554 || 16 January 1555 || [[John Powell (MP for Cardigan)|John Powell]] || ''History of Parliament gives'' [[John Gwyn (MP for Cardigan)|John Gwyn]]
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| 1555 || 21 October 1555 || 9 December 1555 || [[Thomas Phaer]] ||
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| 1559 || 23 January 1559 || 8 May 1559 || [[Thomas Phaer]] ||
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| 1562/31562–3 || 11 January 1563 || 2 January 1567 || [[John Gwyn (MP for Cardigan)|John Gwyn]] ||
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| 1571 || 2 April 1571 || 29 May 1571 || [[Edward Davies (MP)|Edward Davies]] ||
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| December 1640
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[John Vaughan (judge)|John Vaughan]]
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| 1646
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Thomas Wogan]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
|1653
|colspan="3"|''Cardigan was unrepresented in the [[Barebones Parliament]]<br />and the [[First Protectorate Parliament|First]] and [[Second Protectorate Parliament|Second]] Parliaments of the Protectorate''
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| [[Third Protectorate Parliament|January 1659]]
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| Col. Rowland Dawkins
| <!-- party -->
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| April 1660
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[James Philipps]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1663
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Charles Cotterell|Sir Charles Cotterell]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1679
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Hector Phillips]]
| <!-- party -->
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| 1693
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[John Lewis (of Coed Mawr)|John Lewis]]
| <!-- party -->
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| 1698
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Sir Charles Lloyd, 1st Baronet, of Milfield|Sir Charles Lloyd]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1701
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Henry Lloyd (serjeant)|Henry Lloyd]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1705
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Lewis Pryse]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| February 1710
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt|Simon Harcourt]]
| [[Tory]]
|-
| October 1710
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[John Meyrick (politician)|John Meyrick]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1712
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Owen Brigstocke]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1713
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Sir George Barlow, 2nd Baronet]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1715
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Stephen Parry (Welsh MP)|Stephen Parry]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1725
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Thomas Powell (MP)|Thomas Powell]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1727
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Francis Cornwallis]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1729
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Richard Lloyd (Cardigan)|Richard Lloyd]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1741
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Thomas Pryse]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1746
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[John Symmons]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1761
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Sir Herbert Lloyd, 1st Baronet]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1768
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whig Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Pryse Campbell]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]
|-
| 1769
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Ralph Congreve]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1774
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Sir Robert Smyth, 5th Baronet]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1775
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[Thomas Johnes (the younger)|Thomas Johnes]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1780
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor|John Campbell]]
| [[Pittite]]
|-
| 1796
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{/meta/color}}white" |
| [[John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne|Hon. John Vaughan]]
| <!-- party -->
|-
| 1818
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{Liberalparty Partycolor|Whigs (UKBritish political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Pryse Pryse]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive |date=1845 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |page=182 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA182}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Edward|last1=Churton|author-link1=Edward Churton|title=The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1836|date=1836|page=190|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiJkAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA190}}</ref>
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| 1849
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{Liberalparty Partycolor|Whigs (UKBritish political party)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Pryse Loveden]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Elections |work=Newcastle Courant |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000085/18490216/015/0007 |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=16 February 1849 |page=7 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Liverpool Mail |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001300/18490217/055/0004 |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=17 February 1849 |page=4 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| [[1855 Cardigan Boroughs by-election|1855]]
| 1855
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[John Lloyd Davies]]
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
| 1857
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{Liberalparty Partycolor|Radicals (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Edward Lewis Pryse]]
| [[Radicals (UK)|Radical]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18570316/006/0002 |accessdate=21 August 2018 |work=Morning Post |date=16 March 1857 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Election Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000398/18590427/007/0003 |accessdate=21 August 2018 |work=Hereford Journal |date=27 April 1859 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
| 1859
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| 1868
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|-
| 1874
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| [[David Davies (industrialist)|David Davies]]
| [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
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==Election results==
===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |last1=Escott |first1=Margaret |title=Cardigan Boroughs |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/cardigan-boroughs |website=The History of Parliament |accessdate=4 May 2020}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1831 United Kingdom general election|General election 1831]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1832 United Kingdom general election|General election 1832]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 1,030
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1835 United Kingdom general election|General election 1835]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 899
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[1837 United Kingdom general election|General election 1837]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change|
|reg. electors = 920
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Loveden|Pryse Pryse]]
|votes = 305
|percentage = 51.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Scandrett Harford]]
|votes = 285
|percentage = 48.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20
|percentage = 3.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 590
|percentage = 70.9
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 832
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
Originally, both Pryse and Harford were returned after the poll books for two polling stations at [[Aberystwyth]] were lost, with 226 votes recorded for Harford and 163 for Pryse. After extensive evidence, however, a committee determined the above results and Harford was declared unelected.
 
{{Election box begin| title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 761
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
Pryse's death caused a by-election.
 
{{Election box begin| title=[[1849 Cardigan by-election|By-election, 12 February 1849]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Loveden|Pryse Pryse]]
|votes = 299
|percentage = 50.7
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Scandrett Harford]]
|votes = 291
|percentage = 49.3
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8
|percentage = 1.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 590
|percentage = 89.8
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 657
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[Pryse Loveden|Pryse Pryse]]
|votes = 299
|percentage = 51.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Inglis Jones<ref>{{cite news |title=Evening Mail |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001316/18520712/033/0005 |accessdate=21 August 2018 |date=12 July 1852 |page=5 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 282
|percentage = 48.5
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17
|percentage = 3.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 581
|percentage = 68.4
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 849
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
Loveden (as Pryse was known at the time) died, causing a by-election.
{{Election box begin| title=[[1855 Cardigan by-election|By-election, 24 February 1855]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[John Lloyd Davies]]
|votes = 298
|percentage = 51.0
|change = +2.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Whigs (British political party)
|candidate = [[John Evans (Haverfordwest MP)|John Evans]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Members Returned |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000247/18470807/005/0002 |accessdate=21 August 2018 |work=Norfolk News |date=7 August 1847 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|votes = 286
|percentage = 49.0
|change = −2.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 12
|percentage = 2.0
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 584
|percentage = 68.8
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 849
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
|swing = +2.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin| title=[[1857 United Kingdom general election|General election 1857]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Radicals (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 837
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Radicals (UK)
|loser = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin| title=[[1859 United Kingdom general election|General election 1859]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 673
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===Elections in the 1860s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1865 United Kingdom general election|General election 1865]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Edward Pryse]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 685
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
{{Election box begin| title=[[1868 United Kingdom general election|General election 1868]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet|Thomas Lloyd]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,561
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===Elections in the 1870s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832"/>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Davies (industrialist)|David Davies]]
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 1,946
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
 
===Elections in the 1880s===
{{Election box begin| title=[[1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880|General Electionelection 1880]]: Cardigan Boroughs<ref name="craig1832">{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|formattype=e-book|page=502}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[David Davies (industrialist)|David Davies]]
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{{Historic constituencies in Wales|selected = Until 1885}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2011}}
 
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