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The Preserved county of Gwent is divided into seven-and-a-half Parliamentary constituencies — approximately one half of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney falls within Mid Glamorgan.[n 1].

Constituencies

Name Current boundaries
  1. Blaenau Gwent CC
  2. Caerphilly CC
  3. Islwyn CC
  4. Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney CC (part)
  5. Monmouth CC
  6. Newport East CC
  7. Newport West CC
  8. Torfaen CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Gwent
Parliamentary constituencies in Gwent
Constituency Electorate Majority Member of Parliament Nearest opposition Map reference above
Blaenau Gwent 51,227 12,703 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Nick Smith bgcolor=Template:Plaid Cymru/meta/color|  Nigel Copner 1
Caerphilly 64,381 12,078 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Wayne David bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jane Pratt 2
Islwyn 56,256 11,412 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Christopher Evans bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Dan Thomas 3
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney This data is shown at list of Parliamentary constituencies in Mid Glamorgan
Monmouth 64,909 8,206 bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  David Davies bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Ruth Jones 5
Newport East 57,233 8,003 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Jessica Morden bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Natasha Asghar 6
Newport West 64,399 5,658 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Paul Flynn bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Angela Jones-Evans 7
Torfaen 61,839 10,240 bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|  Nick Thomas-Symonds bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|  Graham Smith 7

The current boundaries have been effective since the Welsh Assembly election, 2007 and the 2010 United Kingdom general election.[1] Very, in relative terms, minor boundary changes occurred from the previous scheme and no name changes.

Changes proposed for 2022

As part of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission for Wales proposed changes to almost all the existing Welsh Westminster constituencies, giving their proposals official names in either English or Wales and offering an alternative in the other language.[2]

Historical representation by party

1885 to 1918

  Conservative   Labour   Liberal   Liberal-Labour

Constituency 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 01 04 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 17
Monmouth Boroughs bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Carbutt bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Elliot colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Spicer bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Harris colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Lawrence colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Haslam
Monmouthshire North colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Price colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |McKenna
Monmouthshire South colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Morgan colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Herbert bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color"|Thomas
Monmouthshire West colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Warmington colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |Harcourt colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Liberal-Labour/meta/color"|Richards colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |-->

1918 to 1983

  Coalition Liberal (1918-22) / National Liberal (1922-23)   Conservative   Independent Labour   Labour   Social Democratic

Constituency 1918 20 22 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 34 1935 39 40 45 1945 45 46 1950 50 1951 1955 56 58 1959 60 1964 65 1966 1970 Feb 74 Oct 74 1979 81
Abertillery bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Brace colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Barker colspan="11" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Daggar colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|L. Williams colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|A. Williams colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Thomas bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic Party (UK)/meta/color"|-->
Bedwellty colspan="16" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Edwards colspan="11" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Finch colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Kinnock
Ebbw Vale bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Richards colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Davies colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Bevan bgcolor="Template:Independent Labour/meta/color"|--> colspan="12" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|--> colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Foot
Monmouth colspan="8" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Forestier-Walker colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Herbert colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Pym colspan="12" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Thorneycroft bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Anderson colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Thomas
Newport (Monmouthshire) colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Coalition Liberal/meta/color" |Haslam colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Clarry bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Walker colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Clarry bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"|Bell colspan="7" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Freeman colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Soskice colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hughes
Pontypool colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Griffiths colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Jenkins colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |West colspan="11" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Abse

1983 to present

  Blaenau Gwent People's Voice   Conservative   Independent   Labour

Constituency 1983 1987 91 1992 95 1997 2001 2005 06 2010 2015 2017
Blaenau Gwent colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Foot colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |L. Smith bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |Law bgcolor="Template:Blaenau Gwent People's Voice/meta/color"|D. C. Davies colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |N. Smith
Caerphilly colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |R. Davies colspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |David
Islwyn colspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Kinnock colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Touhig colspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |C. Evans
Monmouth colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |Thomas bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"|Edwards colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |R. Evans colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Edwards colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |D. T. Davies
Newport East colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Hughes colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Howarth colspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Morden
Newport West bgcolor=Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color|Robinson colspan="11" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Flynn
Torfaen bgcolor=Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color|Abse colspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Murphy colspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |Thomas-Symonds

See also

Notes and references

References
  1. ^ The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website
  2. ^ Final Recommendations 2018 Boundary Commission for Wales]
Notes
  1. ^ county constituencies (CCs) for the purposes of type of returning officer and level of expenses; the trivial distinction is sometimes made in the most detailed analyses of UK politics between borough and county constituencies

See also

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