Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Pascoe Glyn | Liberal | Younger son of Lord Wolverton | |
| 1886 | George Hawkesworth Bond | Conservative | Died in 1891 | |
| 1891 by-election | Hon. Humphrey Napier Sturt | Conservative | Succeeded as 2nd Baron Alington in 1904 | |
| 1904 by-election | Charles Henry Lyell | Liberal | MP for Edinburgh South from April 1910 | |
| January 1910 | Hon. Frederick Edward Guest | Liberal | Unseated on petition in May 1910 | |
| June 1910 | Hon. Christian Henry Charles Guest | Liberal | MP for Pembroke & Haverfordwest from Dec 1910 | |
| December 1910 | Rt Hon. Frederick Edward Guest | Liberal | Liberal Chief Whip 1917–1921, Secretary of State for Air 1921–1922 | |
| 1918 | Coalition Liberal | |||
| 1922 | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | Independent Conservative | Took Conservative Whip January 1923 | |
| 1923 | Conservative | |||
| 1929 | Alec Ewart Glassey | Liberal | ||
| 1931 | Gordon Ralph Hall Caine | Conservative | ||
| 1945 | Mervyn James Wheatley | Conservative | ||
| 1950 | constituency abolished | |||
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