Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontypool | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Torfaen |
Created from | North Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire |
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.
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[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 8,438 | 39.0 | n/a | |
C | Unionist | [2] | 7,021 | 32.5 | n/a |
Liberal | Reginald McKenna | 6,160 | 28.5 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,417 | 6.5 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 72.1 | n/a | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 11,198 | 40.6 | +1.6 | |
Unionist | Thomas George Jones | 8,654 | 31.4 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | Robert Connell | 7,733 | 28.0 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 2,544 | 9.2 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 85.0 | +12.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 13,770 | 50.6 | +10.0 | |
Liberal | S.J. Robins | 13,444 | 49.4 | +21.4 | |
Majority | 326 | 1.2 | -8.0 | ||
Turnout | 81.6 | -3.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 15,378 | 52.6 | +2.0 | |
Unionist | Lionel Beaumont-Thomas | 13,831 | 47.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 1,547 | 5.2 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 84.5 | +2.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 17,805 | 51.5 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Crawshay | 12,581 | 36.4 | n/a | |
Unionist | Gwilym Rowlands | 4,188 | 12.1 | -35.1 | |
Majority | 5,224 | 15.1 | +9.9 | ||
Turnout | 34,574 | 84.6 | +0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | n/a |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Griffiths | 18,981 | 56.34 | +4.8 | |
National Liberal | Thomas Keens | 14,709 | 43.66 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 4,272 | 12.68 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,690 | 81.99 | |||
Registered electors | 41,090 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.25 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Jenkins | 22,346 | 67.92 | +11.58 | |
Conservative | 10,555 | 32.08 | N/A | ||
Majority | 11,791 | 35.84 | +23.16 | ||
Turnout | 32,901 | 78.55 | -3.44 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.58 |
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Jenkins | 27,455 | 77.28 | +9.36 | |
Conservative | John Gabriel Weeple | 8,072 | 22.72 | -9.36 | |
Majority | 19,383 | 54.56 | +18.72 | ||
Turnout | 35,527 | 77.17 | -1.38 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.36 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Granville West | 23,359 | 74.09 | -3.19 | |
Conservative | P. Welch | 8,170 | 25.91 | +3.19 | |
Majority | 15,189 | 48.17 | -6.39 | ||
Turnout | 31,529 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Granville West | 28,267 | 72.25 | -5.03 | |
Conservative | Arthur Russell | 6,616 | 16.91 | -5.81 | |
Liberal | Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias | 4,240 | 10.84 | N/A | |
Majority | 21,651 | 55.34 | +0.78 | ||
Turnout | 39,123 | 84.78 | +7.61 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.39 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Granville West | 29,553 | 75.74 | +3.49 | |
Conservative | Aylwin O Hewitt | 9,464 | 24.26 | +7.35 | |
Majority | 20,089 | 51.49 | -3.85 | ||
Turnout | 39,017 | 84.29 | -0.49 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.93 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Granville West | 26,372 | 72.91 | -2.83 | |
Conservative | Aylwin O Hewitt | 9,800 | 27.09 | +2.83 | |
Majority | 16,572 | 45.81 | -5.68 | ||
Turnout | 36,172 | 77.09 | -7.20 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.83 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leo Abse | 20,000 | 68.49 | -4.42 | |
Conservative | Paul S Thomas | 6,273 | 21.48 | -5.61 | |
Plaid Cymru | Benjamin CL Morgan | 2,927 | 10.02 | n/a | |
Majority | 13,727 | 47.01 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,200 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leo Abse | 26,755 | 70.08 | -2.83 | |
Conservative | Paul S Thomas | 8,903 | 23.32 | -3.77 | |
Plaid Cymru | Benjamin CL Morgan | 2,519 | 6.60 | N/A | |
Majority | 17,852 | 46.76 | +0.95 | ||
Turnout | 38,177 | 80.45 | +3.36 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.47 |
Elections in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leo Abse | 27,852 | 74.57 | +4.49 | |
Conservative | Paul D Mendel | 8,169 | 21.87 | -1.45 | |
Communist | W Edward Jones | 1,329 | 3.56 | N/A | |
Majority | 19,683 | 52.70 | +5.94 | ||
Turnout | 37,350 | 77.77 | -2.68 | ||
Registered electors | 48,024 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.97 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leo Abse | 27,909 | 77.05 | +2.48 | |
Conservative | Peter T James | 7,418 | 20.48 | -1.39 | |
Communist | W Edward Jones | 897 | 2.48 | -1.08 | |
Majority | 20,491 | 56.57 | +3.87 | ||
Turnout | 36,224 | 75.40 | -2.37 | ||
Registered electors | 48,040 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +1.94 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leo Abse | 27,402 | 70.70 | ||
Conservative | W Mather Bell | 8,869 | 22.88 | ||
Plaid Cymru | Harri Webb | 2,053 | 5.30 | ||
Communist | Brian Watkinson | 435 | 1.12 | ||
Majority | 18,533 | 47.82 | |||
Turnout | 38,759 | 71.94 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leo Abse | 25,133 | 59.68 | -11.02 | |
Liberal | Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias | 7,668 | 18.21 | ||
Conservative | Wellesley Theodore Octavius Wallace | 7,497 | 17.80 | -5.08 | |
Plaid Cymru | Roger David Tanner | 1,318 | 3.13 | -2.17 | |
Communist | Graham Robert Williams | 498 | 1.18 | -0.06 | |
Majority | 17,465 | 41.47 | -6.35 | ||
Turnout | 42,114 | 77.01 | +5.07 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leo Abse | 25,381 | 63.40 | +3.72 | |
Conservative | Robert John Moreland | 6,686 | 16.70 | -1.10 | |
Liberal | Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias | 5,744 | 14.35 | -3.86 | |
Plaid Cymru | Roger David Tanner | 2,223 | 5.55 | +2.42 | |
Majority | 18,695 | 46.70 | +5.23 | ||
Turnout | 40,034 | 72.66 | -3.35 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.41 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Leo Abse | 27,751 | 61.93 | -1.47 | |
Conservative | Tom Sackville | 10,383 | 23.17 | +6.47 | |
Liberal | Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias | 5,508 | 12.29 | -2.06 | |
Plaid Cymru | William James Hyde | 1,169 | 2.61 | -2.94 | |
Majority | 17,368 | 38.76 | -7.94 | ||
Turnout | 44,811 | 78.36 | +5.70 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.97 |
References[]
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- ^ a b Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1931". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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- ^ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1964". Political Science Resources. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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- History of Monmouthshire
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