West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Western Monmouthshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Abertillery, Bedwellty and Ebbw Vale |
Created from | Monmouthshire |
Western Monmouthshire (also known as the Western Division of the County of Monmouth) was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
Boundaries
The constituency was defined as comprising the "Sessional Division of Bedwellty (except the Parishes of Bedwas and Mynyddislwyn)", and thus constituted the following civil parishes:[1]
- Abertillery
- Aberystruth (including part of Ebbw Vale)
- Bedwellty (including Manmoel, Rhymney, Tredegar and part of Ebbw Vale)
On abolition by the Representation of the People Act 1918, West Monmouthshire's area was divided between three constituencies: Abertillery, Bedwellty and Ebbw Vale.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Marshall Warmington | Liberal | |
1895 | Sir William Harcourt | Liberal | |
1904 | Thomas Richards | Liberal | |
1910 | Labour | ||
1918 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Cornelius Marshall Warmington | 6,730 | 83.4 | n/a | |
Conservative | B. Francis Williams | 1,341 | 16.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,389 | 66.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 82.6 | n/a | |||
Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Cornelius Marshall Warmington | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Cornelius Marshall Warmington | 7,019 | 80.5 | n/a | |
Conservative | WH Meredyth | 1,700 | 19.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 5,319 | 61.0 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 77.5 | n/a | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt | 7,243 | 78.7 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | William Edwin Williams | 1,956 | 21.3 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 5,287 | 57.4 | |||
Turnout | 80.2 | +2.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rt Hon. Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt | 5,976 | 71.3 | -7.4 | |
Conservative | Iltyd William Henry Gardner | 2,401 | 28.7 | +7.4 | |
Majority | 3,575 | 42.6 | -14.8 | ||
Turnout | 75.1 | -5.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Richards | 7,995 | 70.4 | -0.9 | |
Independent Conservative | Sir John Alexander Cockburn | 3,360 | 29.6 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 4,635 | 40.8 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 75.1 | 0.0 | |||
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | -0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lib-Lab | Thomas Richards | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Lib-Lab hold | Swing | n/a | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Richards | 13,295 | 81.4 | n/a | |
Conservative | John Cameron | 3,045 | 18.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 10,250 | 62.8 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 80.1 | n/a | |||
Labour gain from Lib-Lab | Swing | n/a | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Richards | unopposed | n/a | n/a | |
Labour hold | Swing | n/a | |||
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Thomas Richards
- Unionist:
References
- ↑ Seventh Schedule to the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c.23)
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ The Liberal Year Book, 1907
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
- ↑ Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916