Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Monmouthshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1536–1885 | |
Seats | one |
Replaced by | North Monmouthshire, South Monmouthshire, West Monmouthshire |
2024–present | |
Created from | Monmouth and Newport East |
Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, to be first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
It previously existed as a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1536 until 1707, of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs).
In 1885 the Monmouthshire constituency was divided to create North Monmouthshire, South Monmouthshire and West Monmouthshire.
Boundaries[edit]
The Monmouthshire constituency covered the county of Monmouth, except that from 1832 there was a borough constituency, Monmouth Boroughs, within the county.
The constituency is to be re-established, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final proposals of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[1]
Members of Parliament[edit]
MPs 1542–1885[edit]
MPs 1654–1660[edit]
Year | First member | Second member | Third member |
---|---|---|---|
1654 | Richard Cromwell, sat for Hampshire repl. by Thomas Morgan |
Philip Jones sat for Glamorgan repl. by Thomas Hughes |
Henry Herbert |
1656 | Major General James Berry, sat for Worcestershire repl. by Nathaniel Waterhouse |
John Nicholas | Edward Herbert |
1659 | William Morgan | John Nicholas |
MPs 1660–1885[edit]
Election results[edit]
Elections in the 1830s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Charles Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,000 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Addams Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,000 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Addams Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,738 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Addams Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,714 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Addams Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,347 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Williams resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, triggering a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,393 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Somerset was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | 2,334 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Granville Somerset | 2,230 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | 2,187 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 43 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,376 (est) | 63.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,286 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Somerset's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,973 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,099 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,073 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Somerset resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Poulett Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Poulett Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,909 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | 3,761 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Poulett Somerset | 3,525 | 36.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry Morgan-Clifford | 2,338 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,187 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,981 (est) | 75.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,971 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Somerset resigned, triggering a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lord Henry Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Courtenay Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,630 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Somerset was appointed Comptroller of the Household, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,630 | ||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1880s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frederick Courtenay Morgan | 3,529 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Rolls | 3,294 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Charles Brodrick | 3,019 | 23.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Marshall Warmington | 2,927 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 275 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,385 (est) | 75.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,518 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 21st century[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Ian Chandler[8] | ||||
Conservative | David Davies | ||||
Labour | Catherine Fookes | ||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing |
References[edit]
- ^ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
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- ^ a b Escott, Margaret. "Monmouthshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 528–529. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
- ^ "The Liberal Candidates for Monmouthshire". South Wales Daily News. 22 August 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 21 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Our Candidates". Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- Browne Willis (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Or, An History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs in England and Wales: ... The Whole Extracted from Mss. and Printed Evidences ... R. Gosling.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- W R Williams Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales