Electoral Registers: Carmarthenshire

Scope and Content

Electoral Registers for the County of Carmarthenshire. Includes: Carmarthen County, 1832 - 1872; Carmarthen and Llanelli Boroughs, 1879; Carmarthenshire Eastern Division, 1894 - 1906; Carmarthenshire West Division, 1885 - 1906; Carmarthenshire Constituency, 1918 - 1974; Llanelli Constituency, 1918 - 1974; Carmarthen District, 1975 - 1993; Llanelli Borough, 1975 - 1996; Dinefwr Borough, 1975 - 1996; Carmarthenshire, 1996 - 2001.

Administrative / Biographical History

Registers of Parliamentary electors were the creation of the 1832 Reform Act. They have been compiled annually since 1832, except 1916 - 1917 and 1940-1944 (when the most recent register was used), and 1919 - 1926 when registers were compiled twice yearly. From 1918 to 1919 separate absent voters’ registers were compiled for the separate constituencies and in 1945 - 1949 civilian and service registers were compiled separately for each constituency. Until 1974 the registers were compiled on a constituency basis; thereafter by District Council area.

Arrangement

Chronological by constituency

Access Information

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Acquisition Information

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Other Finding Aids

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Terry Wells for Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives using the following source: Carmarthenshire Electoral Registers.

Appraisal Information

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Custodial History

Unknown

Accruals

Mae croniadau yn bosibl / Accruals are possible