Bedwellty (UK Parliament constituency)

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Bedwellty
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seatsone
Created from South Monmouthshire and West Monmouthshire
Replaced by Islwyn, Caerphilly and Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney [1]

Bedwellty was a county constituency in Monmouthshire which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Contents

It was then largely replaced by the new Islwyn constituency.

Boundaries

On its creation in 1918 the constituency consisted of the urban districts of Bedwas and Machen, Bedwellty, Mynyddislwyn and Risca and the civil parish of Rogerstone in St Mellons Rural District. [2] These areas had previously been divided between the West Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire constituencies.

The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 removed Rogerstone into the constituency of Monmouth from 1950. Although there were substantial changes in local government boundaries in 1974, those of the constituency were not altered prior to its abolition in 1983.

The constituency was abolished by the Parliamentary Constituencies (Wales) Order 1983, which redistributed Commons seats and aligned boundaries with wards of the districts created by the Local Government Act 1972.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Sir Charles Edwards Labour
1950 Harold Finch Labour
1970 Neil Kinnock Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Islwyn

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 1918: Bedwellty [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards 11,730 53.56
C Liberal William Henry Williams10,17046.44
Majority1,5607.12
Turnout 21,90070.79
Registered electors 30,938
Labour win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Bedwellty [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards 17,270 63.02 +9.46
Unionist C.E. Bagram10,13236.98New
Majority7,13826.04+18.92
Turnout 27,40281.21+10.42
Registered electors 33,741
Labour hold Swing +9.46
General election 1923: Bedwellty [3] [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards 17,564 67.55 +4.53
Liberal William Henry Williams8,43632.45New
Majority9,12835.10+9.06
Turnout 26,00074.18-7.03
Registered electors 35,051
Labour hold Swing +4.53
General election 1924: Bedwellty [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards Unopposed
Labour hold
Registered electors 35,909
General election 1929: Bedwellty [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards 26,021 78.95 N/A
Unionist Hubert Geoffrey Griffith6,93621.05New
Majority19,08557.90N/A
Turnout 32,95774.86N/A
Registered electors 44,023
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Bedwellty [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards Unopposed
Labour hold
Registered electors 44,432
General election 1935: Bedwellty [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards Unopposed
Labour hold
Registered electors 45,328

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Bedwellty [3] [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Edwards 30,480 82.11 N/A
Conservative H Lewis Tett6,64117.89New
Majority23,83964.22N/A
Turnout 37,12177.80N/A
Registered electors 47,716
Labour hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Bedwellty [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Finch 31,329 83.38 +1.27
Conservative RC Pitman6,24716.62-1.27
Majority25,08266.76+2.54
Turnout 37,57685.49+7.69
Registered electors 43,954
Labour hold Swing +1.27
General election 1951: Bedwellty [7] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Finch 31,582 83.28 -0.10
Conservative John Smith6,33916.72+0.10
Majority25,24366.56-0.20
Turnout 37,92185.37-0.12
Registered electors 44,417
Labour hold Swing -0.10
General election 1955: Bedwellty [7] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Finch 30,104 82.44 -0.84
Conservative James Scott-Hopkins 6,41217.56+0.84
Majority23,69264.88-1.68
Turnout 36,51681.59-3.78
Registered electors 44,753
Labour hold Swing -0.84
General election 1959: Bedwellty [7] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Finch 30,697 81.83 -0.61
Conservative Charles James Cox6,81718.17+0.61
Majority23,88063.66-1.22
Turnout 37,51483.57+1.98
Registered electors 44,890
Labour hold Swing -0.61

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Bedwellty [7] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Finch 29,425 83.51 +1.68
Conservative Charles James Cox5,81016.49-1.68
Majority23,61567.02+3.36
Turnout 35,23579.11-4.46
Registered electors 44,538
Labour hold Swing +1.68
General election 1966: Bedwellty [7] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Harold Finch 29,723 86.25 +2.74
Conservative Nigel Williams4,73913.75-2.74
Majority24,98472.50+5.48
Turnout 34,46276.68-2.43
Registered electors 44,944
Labour hold Swing +2.74

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Bedwellty [7] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Kinnock 28,078 74.6 −11.6
Conservative Paul Marland 5,79915.4+1.7
Plaid Cymru Charles M. Davey3,78010.0New
Majority22,27959.2−13.3
Turnout 37,65776.6−0.1
Registered electors 49,157
Labour hold Swing −6.7
General election February 1974: Bedwellty [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Kinnock 26,664 67.06 -7.50
Conservative Tim Yeo 5,02712.64-2.76
Liberal R Morgan5,02012.63New
Plaid Cymru A Moore3,0487.67-2.37
Majority21,63754.42-4.74
Turnout 39,75979.90+3.29
Registered electors 49,758
Labour hold Swing -2.37
General election October 1974: Bedwellty [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Kinnock 27,418 70.88 +3.82
Conservative Peter Brooke 4,55611.78-0.86
Liberal RG Morgan3,6219.36-3.27
Plaid Cymru D Mogford3,0867.98+0.31
Majority22,86259.10+4.68
Turnout 38,68177.08-2.82
Registered electors 50,183
Labour hold Swing -2.82
General election 1979: Bedwellty [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neil Kinnock 28,794 71.35 +0.47
Conservative Robert Walter 8,35820.71+8.93
Plaid Cymru T Richards2,6486.56-1.42
Ecology PM Rout5561.38New
Majority20,43650.64-8.46
Turnout 40,35679.59+2.51
Registered electors 50,708
Labour hold Swing -4.00

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ "'Bedwellty', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Schedule 9 to the Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. C.64)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN   0-900178-06-X.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Monmouthshire Bedwellty PDivCon through time - Political Life Statistics - Total Electorate". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Monmouthshire Bedwellty PDivCon through time - Political Life Statistics - Groupings of Political Parties". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, FWS Craig
  8. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1951". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1955". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  11. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1959". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  12. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  13. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1966". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  14. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1970". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  15. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results February 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  16. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results October 1974". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  17. ↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1979". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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