West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Western Monmouthshire
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Seatsone
Created from Monmouthshire
Replaced by Abertillery, Bedwellty and Ebbw Vale

Western Monmouthshire (also known as the Western Division of the County of Monmouth) was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire, Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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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 (shown in pink) within Monmouthshire West mon 1885.jpg
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 following civil parishes: [1]

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

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Marshall Warmington Liberal
1895 Sir William Harcourt Liberal
1904 Thomas Richards Liberal
1910 Labour
1918 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: West Monmouthshire [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marshall Warmington 6,730 83.4
Conservative Benjamin Francis Williams [4] 1,34116.6
Majority 5,38966.8
Turnout 8,07182.6
Liberal win (new seat)
General election 1886: West Monmouthshire [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marshall Warmington Unopposed
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: West Monmouthshire [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marshall Warmington 7,019 80.5 N/A
Conservative William Herbert Meredyth [5] 1,70019.5New
Majority 5,31961.0N/A
Turnout 8,71977.5N/A
Registered electors 11,251
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Harcourt 1895 Sir William Harcourt.jpg
Harcourt
General election 1895: West Monmouthshire [2] [6] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Vernon Harcourt 7,243 78.7 −1.8
Conservative William Edwin Williams1,95621.3+1.8
Majority 5,28757.43.6
Turnout 9,19980.2+2.7
Registered electors 11,475
Liberal hold Swing -1.8

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: West Monmouthshire [2] [6] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Vernon Harcourt 5,976 71.3 −7.4
Conservative Iltyd William Henry Gardner2,40128.7+7.4
Majority 3,57542.6−14.8
Turnout 8,37775.1−5.1
Registered electors 11,150
Liberal hold Swing -7.4
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Cockburn
1904 West Monmouthshire by-election [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Richards 7,995 70.4 −0.9
Tariff Reform John Cockburn 3,36029.6New
Majority 4,63540.8−1.8
Turnout 11,35575.10.0
Registered electors 15,127
Lib-Lab hold Swing
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Thomas Richards
General election 1906: West Monmouthshire [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Lib-Lab Thomas Richards Unopposed
Lib-Lab hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: West Monmouthshire [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Richards 13,295 81.4 N/A
Conservative John Cameron3,04518.6New
Majority 10,25062.8N/A
Turnout 16,34080.1N/A
Registered electors 20,399
Labour gain from Lib-Lab Swing N/A
General election December 1910: West Monmouthshire [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Richards Unopposed
Labour hold

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

  1. Seventh Schedule to the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c.23)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 National Liberal Federation; Liberal Central Association (1908). "Monmouthshire, West". The Liberal Year Book for 1908. London. pp. 310–311. Retrieved 27 March 2018.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Craig, 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. Retrieved 4 December 2017 via British 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. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901
  7. 1 2 Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916