Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newport
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seatsone
Created from Monmouth Boroughs and South Monmouthshire
Replaced by Newport East and Newport West

Newport was a borough constituency in Monmouthshire from 1918 to 1983. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Contents

The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and abolished with the creation of the Newport East and Newport West constituencies. The Representation of the People Act enfranchised the county borough of Newport as a parliamentary borough returning one member. Previously, the borough was represented as part of the Monmouth Boroughs constituency, which also covered Monmouth and Usk.

Boundaries

1918–1955: The County Borough of Newport.

1955–1983: As above, as extended by the Newport Corporation Act 1954.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Lewis Haslam Coalition Liberal
1922 by-election Reginald Clarry Conservative
1929 James Walker Labour
1931 Sir Reginald Clarry Conservative
1945 by-election Ronald Bell Conservative
1945 Peter Freeman Labour
1956 by-election Sir Frank Soskice Labour
1966 Roy Hughes Labour
1983 constituency abolished: see Newport East and Newport West

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

Lewis Haslam Lewis Haslam.jpg
Lewis Haslam
General election 1918: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Lewis Haslam 14,08056.4
Labour William Bowen 10,23441.0
Independent DemocratBertie Pardoe-Thomas [1] 6472.6
Majority3,84615.4
Turnout 24,96162.2
Liberal win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

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Lyndon Moore
1922 Newport by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Reginald Clarry 13,515 40.0 N/A
Labour William Bowen 11,42533.8−7.2
Liberal William Moore 8,84126.2−30.2
Majority2,0906.2N/A
Turnout 33,78179.2+17.0
Unionist gain from National Liberal Swing
General election 1922: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Reginald Clarry 19,019 54.3 N/A
Labour William Bowen 16,00045.7+4.7
Majority3,0198.6N/A
Turnout 35,01982.1+19.9
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing
General election 1923: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Reginald Clarry 14,424 39.5 −14.8
Labour William Bowen 14,10038.6−7.1
Liberal H. Davies8,01521.9N/A
Majority3240.9−7.7
Turnout 36,53985.2+3.1
Unionist hold Swing -3.8
General election 1924: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Reginald Clarry 20,426 52.8 +13.3
Labour William Bowen 18,26347.2+8.6
Majority2,1635.6+4.7
Turnout 38,68985.7+0.5
Unionist hold Swing
General election 1929: Newport [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Walker 18,653 39.5 −7.7
Unionist Reginald Clarry 15,84133.5−19.3
Liberal Samuel Immanuel Cohen12,73527.0N/A
Majority2,8126.0N/A
Turnout 47,22983.8−1.9
Registered electors 56,392
Labour gain from Unionist Swing +5.8

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Clarry 27,829 59.1 +25.6
Labour James Walker 19,23840.9+1.4
Majority8,59118.2N/A
Turnout 47,06782.5−1.3
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +12.0
General election 1935: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Clarry 23,300 51.7 −7.4
Labour Peter Freeman 21,75548.3+7.4
Majority1,5453.4−14.8
Turnout 45,05579.4−3.1
Conservative hold Swing -7.4

Elections in the 1940s

1945 Newport by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ronald Bell 16,424 54.5 +2.8
Ind. Labour Party Bob Edwards 13,72245.5New
Majority2,7029.0+5.6
Turnout 40,14650.0−29.4
Conservative hold Swing +1.4
General election 1945: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Freeman 23,845 54.2 +5.9
Conservative Ronald Bell 14,75433.6−17.9
Liberal William Robert Crawshay5,36212.2New
Majority9,09120.6N/A
Turnout 43,96172.8−6.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Freeman 31,858 51.0 −3.2
Conservative Ivor Thomas 21,86635.0+1.4
Liberal William John Owen8,76114.0+1.8
Majority9,99216.0−4.6
Turnout 62,48587.9+15.1
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Freeman 32,883 52.8 +1.8
Conservative Thomas Esmôr Rhys-Roberts24,16638.8+3.8
Liberal William John Owen5,2478.4−5.6
Majority8,71714.0−2.0
Turnout 62,29686.3−1.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Freeman 31,537 53.7 +0.9
Conservative Donald Box 27,17746.3+7.5
Majority4,3607.4−6.6
Turnout 58,71481.6−4.7
Labour hold Swing
1956 Newport by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Soskice 29,205 56.3 +2.6
Conservative Donald Box 20,72039.9−5.4
Plaid Cymru Emrys Roberts 1,9783.8New
Majority8,48516.3+8.9
Turnout 51,90372.1−9.5
Labour hold Swing +4.0
General election 1959: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Soskice 31,125 53.1 −3.2
Conservative Anthony D. Arnold27,47746.9+7.0
Majority3,6486.2−10.1
Turnout 58,60281.6+9.5
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Soskice 31,962 57.5 +4.4
Conservative Peter Temple-Morris 23,64942.5−4.4
Majority8,31315.0+8.8
Turnout 55,61179.0−2.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1966: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Hughes 32,098 59.8 +2.3
Conservative Peter Temple-Morris 21,59940.2−2.3
Majority10,49919.6+4.6
Turnout 53,65778.8−0.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Hughes 30,132 55.7 −4.1
Conservative Anthony D. Arnold22,00540.7+0.5
Plaid Cymru A. Robert Vickery1,9973.7New
Majority10,49915.0−4.6
Turnout 54,13475.5−3.3
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Hughes 29,384 48.8 −6.9
Conservative G. Price18,00229.9−10.8
Liberal J. H. Morgan11,86819.7New
Plaid Cymru P. Cox9361.6−2.1
Majority11,38218.9+3.9
Turnout 60,19081.0+5.5
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Hughes 30,069 53.0 +4.2
Conservative G. A. L. Price16,25328.6−1.3
Liberal J. H. Morgan9,20716.2−3.5
Plaid Cymru G. Lee1,2162.1+0.5
Majority13,81622.4+5.5
Turnout 56,74575.6−4.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1979: Newport
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Hughes 30,919 51.7 −1.3
Conservative G. G. Davies21,74236.3+7.7
Liberal Anthony Lambert6,27010.5−5.7
National Front G. R. Woodward4840.8New
Plaid Cymru A. Robert Vickery4730.8−1.3
Majority9,17715.4−7.0
Turnout 59,88879.7+4.1
Labour hold Swing

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  1. ↑ ‘PARDOE-THOMAS, Bertie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Sept 2017
  2. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

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