Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
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Monmouth | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Monmouth in Wales | |
Preserved county | Gwent |
Electorate | 65,432 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Abergavenny, Chepstow, Monmouth |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1918 |
Member of Parliament | David Davies (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Monmouth Boroughs, North Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | South East Wales |
Monmouth (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster). It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post of election. The constituency was created for the 1918 general election. Since 2005 the MP has been David Davies of the Conservative Party.
The Monmouth Welsh Assembly constituency, created in 1999, has normally the same boundaries as the Westminster constituency.
History
The constituency has traditionally favoured the Conservative Party though has fallen to Labour in three general elections in addition to the 1991 by-election.
The current MP is the Conservative David Davies, elected in 2005 and a former member for the Welsh Assembly seat of the same name. To avoid confusion with the Yorkshire Conservative David Davis, he is named in Hansard as "David T.C. Davies".
Boundaries
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boundaries as defined in 2003.
1983 onwards
The constituency is one of eight covering the preserved county of Gwent. The other seven are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Newport East, Newport West and Torfaen. Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, however, straddles the boundary with the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan. It covers most of current local authority of Monmouthshire, with the main towns being Chepstow and Monmouth.
For the 2010 general election, there were no changes to the boundaries of the Monmouth constituency stemming from the Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Wales.[2] Likewise there were no boundary changes in 1997
1918 to 1983
As first used in the 1918 general election, the constituency was a creation of the Representation of the People Act 1918 as one of six constituencies covering the county of Monmouth. Prior to the 1918 election the county had been covered, nominally, by the county constituencies of Northern Monmouthshire, Southern Monmouthshire, and Western Monmouthshire, and the Monmouth Boroughs borough constituency. By 1918, however, administrative county boundaries were out of alignment with constituency boundaries. The new constituency boundaries took account of the new local government boundaries.
The other Monmouthshire constituencies defined by 1918 legislation were the county constituencies of Abertillery, Bedwellty, Ebbw Vale and Pontypool, and the borough constituency of Newport. This general pattern was maintained until 1983, nine years after the administrative county they were based on had been abolished, but there were some boundary changes during the 1918 to 1983 period.
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In 1918 the Monmouth constituency was defined as consisting of the municipal boroughs of Abergavenny, and Monmouth, the urban districts of Caerleon, Chepstow, and Usk, the rural districts of Abergavenny, Chepstow, Magor, Monmouth, and Pontypool, and part of the rural district of St Mellons,[3] and the same boundaries were used for the general elections of 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1935 and 1945.
New boundaries, created by the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949, were used for the 1950 general election, and the Monmouth constituency was defined as consisting of the municipal boroughs of Abergavenny, and Monmouth, the urban districts of Caerleon, Chepstow, and Usk, and rural districts of Abergavenny, Chepstow, Magor and St Mellons, Monmouth, and Pontypool.[3]
For the 1951 general election, there was some alteration to the boundaries of rural district of Magor and St Mellons.[3]
The constituency was redefined again for the 1955 general election, taking account of new local government boundaries. The result was the same list of boroughs and districts as for the 1951 election.[3] 1951 boundaries were used also in the general elections of 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, February 1974, October 1974 and 1979.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the local government county of Monmouth was abolished. For the 1983 general election, new constituency boundaries were drawn, taking account of new local government boundaries.
Members of Parliament
The following list does not include MPs who actually represented Monmouth Boroughs:
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Gareth Dunn | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Clark[5] | ||||
Conservative | David Davies[6] | ||||
Labour | Ruth Jones[7] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Veronica German | ||||
English Democrat | Stephen Morris | ||||
Green | Christopher Were |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Thomas Charles Davies | 22,466 | 48.3 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Hamish Sandison | 12,041 | 25.9 | −11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Blakebrough | 9,026 | 19.4 | +6.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Clark | 1,273 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
UKIP | Derek Rowe | 1,126 | 2.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Steve Millson | 587 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 10,425 | 22.4 | |||
Turnout | 46,519 | 72.2 | −0.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 6.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Thomas Charles Davies | 21,396 | 46.9 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Huw Edwards | 16,869 | 37.0 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Phylip A. D. Hobson | 5,852 | 12.8 | +1.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Clark | 993 | 2.2 | −0.2 | |
UKIP | John Bufton | 543 | 1.2 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 4,527 | 9.9 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,653 | 72.4 | +0.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Huw Edwards | 19,021 | 42.8 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Roger Kenneth Evans | 18,637 | 41.9 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Parker | 5,080 | 11.4 | +1.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Marc Hubbard | 1,068 | 2.4 | +1.3 | |
UKIP | David Rowlands | 656 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 384 | 0.9 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,462 | 71.5 | −9.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −3.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Huw Edwards | 23,404 | 47.7 | +6.8 | |
Conservative | Roger Kenneth Evans | 19,226 | 39.2 | −8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Fraser Williams | 4,689 | 9.6 | −1.4 | |
Referendum | T. Niall Warry | 1,190 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Alan F.C. Cotton | 516 | 1.1 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 4,178 | 8.5 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 49,025 | 80.5 | −5.6 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Kenneth Evans | 24,059 | 47.3 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Huw Edwards | 20,855 | 41.0 | +13.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mrs Frances A. David | 5,562 | 10.9 | −13.1 | |
Plaid Cymru (Green) | Melvin John Witherden | 431 | 0.8 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 3,204 | 6.3 | −13.6 | ||
Turnout | 50,907 | 86.1 | +5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Huw Edwards | 17,733 | 39.3 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Roger Kenneth Evans | 15,327 | 34.0 | −13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mrs Frances A. David | 11,164 | 24.8 | +0.8 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Screaming Lord Sutch | 314 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru (Green) | Melvin John Witherden | 277 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Unitax independent | Peter Ronald Carpenter | 164 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Corrective Party | Lindi St Clair | 121 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,406 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 45,100 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 12.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir John Stradling Thomas | 22,387 | 47.5 | +1.6 | |
Labour | Katrina Gass | 13,037 | 27.7 | +6.0 | |
SDP | Clive Denzil Lindley | 11,313 | 24.0 | −4.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Sian Rosmari Meredudd | 363 | 0.8 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 9,530 | 19.9 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,100 | 80.6 | +1.73 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stradling Thomas | 21,746 | 49.2 | ||
SDP | Clive Denzil Lindley | 12,403 | 28.0 | ||
Labour | C. Short | 9,593 | 21.7 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G.O. Williams | 493 | 1.1 | ||
Majority | 9,343 | ||||
Turnout | 44,235 | 78.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stradling Thomas | 33,547 | 50.5 | ||
Labour | T.M. Steel | 23,785 | 35.8 | ||
Liberal | David H. Hando | 8,494 | 12.8 | ||
Plaid Cymru | G. Williams | 641 | 1.0 | ||
Majority | 9,762 | 14.69 | |||
Turnout | 83.00 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stradling Thomas | 25,460 | 42.79 | ||
Labour | R.O. Faulkner | 23,118 | 36.86 | ||
Liberal | David H. Hando | 10,076 | 16.94 | ||
Plaid Cymru | T. Brimmacombe | 839 | 1.41 | ||
Majority | 2,342 | 3.94 | |||
Turnout | 79.5 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stradling Thomas | 27,269 | 43.69 | ||
Labour | F.R. Thompson | 22,707 | 36.38 | ||
Liberal | David H. Hando | 11,506 | 18.44 | ||
Plaid Cymru | E.H. Spanwick | 930 | 1.49 | ||
Majority | 4,562 | 7.31 | |||
Turnout | 84.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Stradling Thomas | 28,312 | 46.54 | ||
Labour | Donald Anderson | 26,957 | 44.31 | ||
Liberal | David H. Hando | 4,601 | 6.68 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Stuart K. Neale | 1,501 | 2.47 | ||
Majority | 1,355 | 2.23 | |||
Turnout | 80.46 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Anderson | 28,619 | 52.7 | ||
Conservative | Peter Thorneycroft | 25,654 | 47.3 | ||
Majority | 2,965 | 5.5 | |||
Turnout | 84.3 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thorneycroft | 22,365 | 44.11 | ||
Labour | A.C. Kerr | 21,921 | 42.71 | ||
Liberal | D.H. Davies | 6,764 | 13.14 | ||
Majority | 714 | 1.39 | |||
Turnout | 84.4 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thorneycroft | 25,422 | 57.02 | ||
Labour | GSD Parry | 19,165 | 42.98 | ||
Majority | 6,257 | 14.03 | |||
Turnout | 83.14 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thorneycroft | 22,970 | 57.22 | ||
Labour | Jo Richardson | 17,173 | 42.78 | ||
Majority | 5,797 | 14.44 | |||
Turnout | 81.51 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thorneycroft | 22,475 | 55.59 | ||
Labour | Jo Richardson | 17,952 | 44.41 | ||
Majority | 4,523 | 11.19 | |||
Turnout | 83.68 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thorneycroft | 21,956 | 55.33 | ||
Labour | GP Thomas | 17,725 | 44.67 | ||
Majority | 4,231 | 10.66 | |||
Turnout | 83.15 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Thorneycroft | 21,092 | 52.7 | +0.8 | |
Labour | A. B. L. Oakley | 18,953 | 47.3 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 2,139 | 5.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 40,045 | 39.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Pym | 22,195 | 51.9 | −8.2 | |
Labour | A. B. L. Oakley | 20,543 | 48.1 | +8.2 | |
Majority | 1,652 | 3.8 | −16.4 | ||
Turnout | 42,738 | 72.0 | +13.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −8.2 |
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Leslie Pym | 17,358 | 60.1 | −3.3 | |
Labour | F. R. Hancock | 11,543 | 39.9 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 5,815 | 20.2 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,901 | 58.2 | −18.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Herbert | 23,262 | 63.4 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Michael Foot | 13,454 | 36.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 9,808 | 26.8 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 76.8 | +7.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Herbert | 20,640 | 65.0 | −5.8 | |
Labour | Rev D. Hughes | 11,094 | 35.0 | +5.8 | |
Majority | 9,546 | 30.0 | −11.6 | ||
Turnout | 31,734 | 69.2 | −8.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sir Leolin Forestier-Walker | 24,829 | 70.8 | +21.5 | |
Labour | Rev D. Hughes | 10,217 | 29.2 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 14,612 | 41.6 | +18.1 | ||
Turnout | 45,046 | 78.0 | −0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ Boundary Commission for Wales website
The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website - ^ a b c d Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972 (ISBN 0-900178-09-4), F. W. S. Craig 1972
Craig attributes the 1951 alteration to SI 1851/1390 under section 2(3) of the House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1949 - ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
- ^ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/monmouth-2015.html
- ^ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/monmouth-2015.html
- ^ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/monmouth-2015.html
- ^ Monmouth, Monmouthshire County Council - candidates Monmouth
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
Further reading
- Iain Dale, ed. (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945.
- Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 (3rd edition ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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