Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency)

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Pontypool
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seatsone
Created from North Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire
Replaced by Torfaen

Pontypool was a county constituency in the town of Pontypool in Monmouthshire. 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 voting system.

Contents

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and was replaced with Torfaen for the 1983 general election. This was to correspond with the name and area of the Torfaen local authority created in 1974. The Torfaen constituency contained the whole of the old Pontypool seat, adding just 247 electors from Monmouth.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Abersychan, Blaenavon, Llanfrechfa Upper, Llantarnam, Panteg, and Pontypool.

1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Blaenavon, Cwmbran, and Pontypool.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Thomas Griffiths Labour
1935 Arthur Jenkins Labour
1946 by-election Granville West Labour
1958 by-election Leo Abse Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

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McKenna
General election 1918: Pontypool [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 8,438 39.0
C Unionist Leonard Wilkinson Llewelyn [2] 7,02132.5
Liberal Reginald McKenna 6,16028.5
Majority1,4176.5
Turnout 21,61972.1
Labour win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Pontypool [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 11,198 40.6 +1.6
Unionist Thomas George Jones8,65431.4−1.1
Liberal Robert Connell 7,73328.0−0.5
Majority2,5449.2+2.7
Turnout 27,58585.0+12.9
Labour hold Swing +1.3
General election 1923: Pontypool [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 13,770 50.6 +10.0
Liberal S.J. Robins13,44449.4+21.4
Majority3261.2−8.0
Turnout 27,21481.6−3.4
Labour hold Swing -5.7
General election 1924: Pontypool [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 15,378 52.6 +2.0
Unionist Lionel Beaumont-Thomas 13,83147.4New
Majority1,5475.2+4.0
Turnout 29,20984.5+2.9
Labour hold Swing
General election 1929: Pontypool [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 17,805 51.5 −1.1
Liberal Geoffrey Crawshay 12,58136.4New
Unionist Gwilym Rowlands 4,18812.1−35.4
Majority5,22415.1+9.9
Turnout 34,57484.6+0.1
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Pontypool [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Griffiths 18,981 56.34 +4.8
National Liberal Thomas Keens 14,70943.66+7.3
Majority4,27212.68−2.4
Turnout 33,69081.99−2.6
Registered electors 41,090
Labour hold Swing -1.25
General election 1935: Pontypool [1] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Jenkins 22,346 67.92 +11.58
Conservative Leonard Caplan 10,55532.08−11.58
Majority11,79135.84+23.16
Turnout 32,90178.55−3.44
Labour hold Swing +11.58

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Pontypool [1] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Jenkins 27,455 77.28 +9.36
Conservative John Gabriel Weeple8,07222.72−9.36
Majority19,38354.56+18.72
Turnout 35,52777.17−1.38
Labour hold Swing +9.36
1946 Pontypool by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Granville West 23,359 74.09 −3.19
Conservative P. Welch8,17025.91+3.19
Majority15,18948.17−6.39
Turnout 31,529
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Pontypool [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Granville West 28,267 72.25 −5.03
Conservative Arthur Russell6,61616.91−5.81
Liberal Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias4,24010.84New
Majority21,65155.34+0.78
Turnout 39,12384.78+7.61
Labour hold Swing +0.39
General election 1951: Pontypool [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Granville West 29,553 75.74 +3.49
Conservative Aylwin O Hewitt9,46424.26+7.35
Majority20,08951.49−3.85
Turnout 39,01784.29−0.49
Labour hold Swing -1.93
General election 1955: Pontypool [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Granville West 26,372 72.91 −2.83
Conservative Aylwin O Hewitt9,80027.09+2.83
Majority16,57245.81−5.68
Turnout 36,17277.09−7.20
Labour hold Swing -2.83
1958 Pontypool by-election [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Abse 20,000 68.49 −4.42
Conservative Paul S Thomas6,27321.48−5.61
Plaid Cymru Benjamin CL Morgan2,92710.02New
Majority13,72747.01+1.2
Turnout 29,20061.7−15.4
Labour hold Swing
General election 1959: Pontypool [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Abse 26,755 70.08 −2.83
Conservative Paul S Thomas8,90323.32−3.77
Plaid Cymru Benjamin CL Morgan2,5196.60N/A
Majority17,85246.76+0.95
Turnout 38,17780.45+3.36
Labour hold Swing +0.47

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Pontypool [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Abse 27,852 74.57 +4.49
Conservative Paul D Mendel8,16921.87−1.45
Communist W Edward Jones1,3293.56New
Majority19,68352.70+5.94
Turnout 37,35077.77−2.68
Registered electors 48,024
Labour hold Swing +2.97
General election 1966: Pontypool [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Abse 27,909 77.05 +2.48
Conservative Peter T James7,41820.48−1.39
Communist W Edward Jones8972.48−1.08
Majority20,49156.57+3.87
Turnout 36,22475.40−2.37
Registered electors 48,040
Labour hold Swing +1.94

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Pontypool [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Abse 27,402 70.70
Conservative W Mather Bell8,86922.88
Plaid Cymru Harri Webb2,0535.30New
Communist Brian Watkinson4351.12
Majority18,53347.82
Turnout 38,75971.94
Labour hold Swing
General election February 1974: Pontypool [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Abse 25,133 59.68 −11.02
Liberal Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias7,66818.21New
Conservative Wellesley Theodore Octavius Wallace7,49717.80−5.08
Plaid Cymru Roger David Tanner1,3183.13−2.17
Communist Graham Robert Williams4981.18−0.06
Majority17,46541.47−6.35
Turnout 42,11477.01+5.07
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Pontypool [15] [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Abse 25,381 63.40 +3.72
Conservative Robert John Moreland 6,68616.70−1.10
Liberal Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias5,74414.35−3.86
Plaid Cymru Roger David Tanner2,2235.55+2.42
Majority18,69546.70+5.23
Turnout 40,03472.66−3.35
Labour hold Swing +2.41
General election 1979: Pontypool [15] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leo Abse 27,751 61.93 −1.47
Conservative Tom Sackville 10,38323.17+6.47
Liberal Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias5,50812.29−2.06
Plaid Cymru William James Hyde1,1692.61−2.94
Majority17,36838.76−7.94
Turnout 44,81178.36+5.70
Labour hold Swing -3.97

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