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West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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UK Parliament constituency (1885–1918)

Western Monmouthshire
Formercounty constituency
for theHouse of Commons
1885–1918
Seatsone
Created fromMonmouthshire
Replaced byAbertillery,Bedwellty andEbbw Vale

Western Monmouthshire (also known as theWestern Division of the County of Monmouth) was aparliamentary constituency inMonmouthshire,Wales. It returned oneMember of Parliament (MP) to theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom.

History

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The constituency was created by theRedistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the1885 general election. It was abolished for the1918 general election.

Boundaries

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The constituency (shown in pink) within Monmouthshire

The constituency was defined as comprising the"Sessional Division of Bedwellty (except the Parishes of Bedwas and Mynyddislwyn)", and thus constituted the followingcivil parishes:[1]

On abolition by theRepresentation of the People Act 1918, West Monmouthshire's area was divided between three constituencies:Abertillery,Bedwellty andEbbw Vale.

Members of Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
1885Marshall WarmingtonLiberal
1895Sir William HarcourtLiberal
1904Thomas RichardsLiberal
1910Labour
1918constituency abolished

Elections

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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1885: West Monmouthshire[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalMarshall Warmington6,73083.4
ConservativeBenjamin Francis Williams[4]1,34116.6
Majority5,38966.8
Turnout8,07182.6
Liberalwin (new seat)
General election 1886: West Monmouthshire[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalMarshall WarmingtonUnopposed
Liberalhold

Elections in the 1890s

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General election 1892: West Monmouthshire[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalMarshall Warmington7,01980.5N/A
ConservativeWilliam Herbert Meredyth[5]1,70019.5New
Majority5,31961.0N/A
Turnout8,71977.5N/A
Registered electors11,251
LiberalholdSwingN/A
Harcourt
General election 1895: West Monmouthshire[2][6][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWilliam Vernon Harcourt7,24378.7−1.8
ConservativeWilliam Edwin Williams1,95621.3+1.8
Majority5,28757.4−3.6
Turnout9,19980.2+2.7
Registered electors11,475
LiberalholdSwing-1.8

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: West Monmouthshire[2][6][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalWilliam Vernon Harcourt5,97671.3−7.4
ConservativeIltyd William Henry Gardner2,40128.7+7.4
Majority3,57542.6−14.8
Turnout8,37775.1−5.1
Registered electors11,150
LiberalholdSwing-7.4
Cockburn
1904 West Monmouthshire by-election[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-LabThomas Richards7,99570.4−0.9
Tariff ReformJohn Cockburn3,36029.6New
Majority4,63540.8−1.8
Turnout11,35575.10.0
Registered electors15,127
Lib-LabholdSwing
Thomas Richards
General election 1906: West Monmouthshire[2][3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-LabThomas RichardsUnopposed
Lib-Labhold

Elections in the 1910s

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General election January 1910: West Monmouthshire[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Richards13,29581.4N/A
ConservativeJohn Cameron3,04518.6New
Majority10,25062.8N/A
Turnout16,34080.1N/A
Registered electors20,399
Labourgain fromLib-LabSwingN/A
General election December 1910: West Monmouthshire[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas RichardsUnopposed
Labourhold

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

References

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  1. ^Seventh Schedule to the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c.23)
  2. ^abcdefgNational Liberal Federation; Liberal Central Association (1908)."Monmouthshire, West".The Liberal Year Book for 1908. London. pp. 310–311. Retrieved27 March 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^abcdefgCraig, FWS, ed. (1974).British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press.ISBN 9781349022984.
  4. ^"The General Election".The Morning Post. 28 November 1885. p. 2. Retrieved4 December 2017 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^Rees, Ivor Thomas (2004). Hopkins, Tony (ed.). "Whatever happened to young William? The short political career of W. H. Meredyth".Gwent Local History (97): 63.hdl:10107/1340775.
  6. ^abDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. ^abDebrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916
Last contested in1880
Last contested in1910
Last contested in 1915
Last contested in1945
Last contested in1970
Last contested in1979
Last contested in1992 (review)
Last contested in2005 (review)
Last contested in2019 (review)
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