Talk:Montgomeryshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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[edit] MP list

Two points:

1). I think listing an MP as "independent" in an era before any form of organised party is counter intuitive. Is there a link to something like "pre partisan politics" which might more accurately reflect the situation?

2). I was always under the impression that the seat was a Liberal gain at the 1880 election - certainly everyone expected 1980 to see 100 years of continuous Liberal hold (ignoring Clement Davies) - and forgot to actually campaign! And Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn's 16 years as a Conservative MP doesn't exactly fit "Montgomeryshire has elected Liberal or Liberal-affiliated candidates for centuries", which in any case gets messy as before 1784 (and even afterwards) you get into a mess where almost everyone called themselves a "Whig" and for a time "parties" in Parliament were personality based factions. Timrollpickering 11:32, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gaps

The table contains several gaps (1624-1799, 1850-1863, 1877-1880). Who held the seat in these years? Drutt 19:19, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok, here is a list of the missing members. Unfortunately it does not state party affiliation, so I'll leave that field blank. Drutt 06:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Too bad, I can't seem to do this without messing up the table. Drutt 07:00, 30 July 2007 (UTC)