Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)






Coordinates: 51°46′05″N 2°48′40″W / 51.768°N 2.811°W / 51.768; -2.811












































Monmouth

County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
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)
Number of members One
Created from
Monmouth Boroughs, North Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly South East Wales
European Parliament constituency 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.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Boundaries


    • 2.1 1983 onwards


    • 2.2 1918 to 1983




  • 3 Members of Parliament


  • 4 Elections


    • 4.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 4.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 4.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 4.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 4.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 4.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 4.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 4.8 Elections in the 1940s


    • 4.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 4.10 Elections in the 1920s


    • 4.11 Elections in the 1910s




  • 5 See also


  • 6 Notes and references


  • 7 Further reading


  • 8 External links





History


The constituency is considered a safe seat of the Conservative Party although the seat has been won by the Labour Party 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




Preserved county of Gwent
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 the 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.



County of Monmouth


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, Cwmbran and Pontypool, and part of the rural district of St Mellons.[3] 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, Cwmbran and Usk, and the 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:




































































Election Member[4]
Party


1918

Leolin Forestier-Walker

Conservative


1934 by-election

John Herbert

Conservative


1939 by-election

Leslie Pym

Conservative


1945 by-election

Peter Thorneycroft

Conservative


1966

Donald Anderson

Labour


1970
Sir John Stradling Thomas

Conservative


1991 by-election

Huw Edwards

Labour


1992

Roger Evans

Conservative


1997

Huw Edwards

Labour


2005

David Davies

Conservative


Elections



Elections in the 2010s























































































General Election 2017: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

David Davies

26,411

53.1

+3.2


Labour
Ruth Jones
18,205
36.6
+9.8


Liberal Democrat

Veronica German
2,064
4.2
−1.1


Plaid Cymru
Carole Damon
1,338
2.7
-1.3


Green
Ian Chandler
954
1.9
-1.5


UKIP
Roy Neale
762
1.5
-8.9
Majority
8,206
16.5
-6.5

Turnout
49,734
76.6
+0.4

Registered electors
64,909




Conservative hold

Swing
-3.3































































































General Election 2015: Monmouth[5][6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

David Davies

23,701

49.9

+1.6


Labour
Ruth Jones
12,719
26.8
+0.9


UKIP
Gareth Dunn
4,942
10.4
+8.0


Liberal Democrat

Veronica German
2,496
5.3
−14.1


Plaid Cymru
Jonathan Clark
1,875
3.9
+1.2


Green
Christopher Were
1,629
3.4
+2.2


English Democrat
Stephen Morris
100
0.2

N/A
Majority
10,982
23.1
+0.7

Turnout
47,462
76.2
+4.0

Registered electors
62,248




Conservative hold

Swing
+0.3























































































General Election 2010: Monmouth[7]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

David Davies

22,466

48.3

+1.4


Labour
Hamish Sandison
12,041
25.9
−11.1


Liberal Democrat
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

N/A
Majority
10,425
22.4
+12.5

Turnout
46,519
72.2
−0.2

Registered electors
64,538




Conservative hold

Swing
+6.2



Elections in the 2000s















































































General Election 2005: Monmouth[8]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

David Davies

21,396

46.9

+5.0


Labour

Huw Edwards
16,869
37.0
−5.8


Liberal Democrat
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

N/A

Turnout
45,653
72.4
+0.9

Registered electors
62,233




Conservative gain from Labour

Swing
+5.4















































































General Election 2001: Monmouth[9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Huw Edwards

19,021

42.8

−5.0


Conservative

Roger Evans
18,637
41.9
+2.7


Liberal Democrat
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

Registered electors
62,200




Labour hold

Swing
−3.8



Elections in the 1990s















































































General Election 1997: Monmouth[10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Huw Edwards

23,404

47.7

+6.8


Conservative

Roger Evans
19,226
39.2
-8.0


Liberal Democrat

Mark Williams
4,689
9.6
-1.4


Referendum
Timothy Warry
1,190
2.4

N/A


Plaid Cymru
Alan Cotton
516
1.1
+0.3
Majority
4,178
8.5

N/A

Turnout
49,025
80.5
−5.6

Registered electors
60,873




Labour gain from Conservative

Swing
+7.4







































































General Election 1992: Monmouth[11][12]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Roger Evans

24,059

47.3

−0.3


Labour

Huw Edwards
20,855
41.0
+13.3


Liberal Democrat
Frances David
5,562
10.9
−13.1


Plaid Cymru (Green)
Melvin Witherden
431
0.8
+0.0
Majority
3,204
6.3
-13.6

Turnout
50,907
86.1
+5.3

Registered electors
59,147




Conservative hold

Swing
−6.8































































































Monmouth by-election, 1991[13]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Huw Edwards

17,733

39.3

+11.6


Conservative

Roger Evans
15,327
34.0
−13.5


Liberal Democrat
Frances David
11,164
24.8

N/A


Monster Raving Loony

Screaming Lord Sutch
314
0.7

N/A


Plaid Cymru (Green)
Melvin Witherden
277
0.6
-0.2

Unitax Independent
Peter Carpenter
164
0.4

N/A


Corrective Party

Lindi St Clair
121
0.3

N/A
Majority
2,406
5.3

N/A

Turnout
45,100
75.8
-5.0

Registered electors
59,460




Labour gain from Conservative

Swing
-12.6



Elections in the 1980s







































































General Election 1987: Monmouth[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Thomas

22,387

47.5

−1.6


Labour
Katrina Gass
13,037
27.7
+6.0


Social Democratic
Clive Lindley
11,313
24.0
−4.0


Plaid Cymru
Sian Meredudd
363
0.8
−0.3
Majority
9,530
19.9
−1.2

Turnout
47,100
80.8
+1.93

Registered electors
58,468




Conservative hold

Swing
−2.2







































































General Election 1983: Monmouth[15]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Thomas

21,746

49.2

-1.3


Social Democratic
Clive Lindley
12,403
28.0

N/A


Labour
Christopher Short
9,593
21.7
-14.1


Plaid Cymru
Gwynddri Williams
493
1.1
+0.1
Majority
9,343
21.2
+6.51

Turnout
44,235
78.8
-4.2

Registered electors
56,112




Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1970s







































































General Election 1979: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Thomas

33,547

50.5

+7.71


Labour
T.M. Steel
23,785
35.8
-1.06


Liberal
David H. Hando
8,494
12.8
-4.14


Plaid Cymru
G. Williams
641
1.0
-0.41
Majority
9,762
14.69
+10.75

Turnout
66,467
83.00
+3.50

Registered electors
80,085




Conservative hold

Swing








































































General Election October 1974: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Thomas

25,460

42.79

-0.90


Labour

Richard Faulkner
23,118
36.86
+0.48


Liberal
David H. Hando
10,076
16.94
-1.50


Plaid Cymru
T. Brimmacombe
839
1.41
-0.08
Majority
2,342
3.94
-4.37

Turnout
59,493
79.5
-4.64

Registered electors
74,838




Conservative hold

Swing








































































General Election February 1974: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Thomas

27,269

43.69

-2.85


Labour
F.R. Thompson
22,707
36.38
-7.93


Liberal
David H. Hando
11,506
18.44
+11.76


Plaid Cymru
E.H. Spanwick
930
1.49
-0.98
Majority
4,562
7.31
+5.08

Turnout
62,412
84.14
+3.68

Registered electors
74,173




Conservative hold

Swing








































































General Election 1970: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Thomas

28,312

46.54

-0.76


Labour

Donald Anderson
26,957
44.31
-8.39


Liberal
David H. Hando
4,601
6.68

N/A


Plaid Cymru
Stuart K. Neale
1,501
2.47

N/A
Majority
1,355
2.23

N/A

Turnout
61,371
80.46
-3.84

Registered electors
75,602




Conservative gain from Labour

Swing




Elections in the 1960s























































General Election 1966: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Labour

Donald Anderson

28,619

52.7

+9.99


Conservative

Peter Thorneycroft
25,654
47.3
+3.19
Majority
2,965
5.5

N/A

Turnout
54,273
84.3
-0.10

Registered electors
64,356




Labour gain from Conservative

Swing
































































General Election 1964: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Thorneycroft

22,365

44.11

-12.91


Labour
A. Calvin Kerr
21,921
42.71
-0.27


Liberal
D. Hywell Davies
6,764
13.14

N/A
Majority
714
1.39
-12.64

Turnout
51,050
84.4
+1.26

Registered electors
60,803




Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1950s























































General Election 1959: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Thorneycroft

25,422

57.02

-0.20


Labour

Gordon Parry
19,165
42.98
+0.20
Majority
6,257
14.03
-0.41

Turnout
44,587
83.14
+1.63

Registered electors
53,628




Conservative hold

Swing
























































General Election 1955: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Thorneycroft

22,970

57.22

+1.63


Labour

Josephine Richardson
17,173
42.78
-1.63
Majority
5,797
14.44
+3.25

Turnout
40,143
81.51
-2.17

Registered electors
49,252




Conservative hold

Swing
























































General Election 1951: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Thorneycroft

22,475

55.59

+0.26


Labour

Josephine Richardson
17,952
44.41
-0.26
Majority
4,523
11.19
+0.53

Turnout
40,247
83.68
+0.53

Registered electors
48,314




Conservative hold

Swing
























































General Election 1950: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Peter Thorneycroft

21,956

55.33

+3.43


Labour
GP Thomas
17,725
44.67
-3.43
Majority
4,231
10.66
-6.86

Turnout
39,681
83.15
+11.15

Registered electors
47,725




Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1940s























































Monmouth by-election, October 1945
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
-32.2

Registered electors
60,013




Conservative hold

Swing
+0.8























































General Election July 1945: Monmouth
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

Registered electors
39,359




Conservative hold

Swing
-8.2



Elections in the 1930s























































Monmouth by-election, 1939
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

Registered electors
49,690




Conservative hold

Swing
-3.3























































General Election 1935: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Herbert

23,262

63.4

1.6


Labour

Mackintosh Foot
13,454
36.6
+1.6
Majority
9,808
26.8
-3.2

Turnout
36,716
76.8
+7.4

Registered electors
47,792




Conservative hold

Swing
-1.6























































Monmouth by-election, 1934
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

John Herbert

20,640

65.0

-5.8


Labour
D. Hughes
11,094
35.0
+5.8
Majority
9,546
30.0
-11.6

Turnout
31,734
69.2
-8.8

Registered electors
45,885




Conservative hold

Swing
-5.8























































General Election 1931: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Leolin Forestier-Walker

24,829

70.8

+21.5


Labour
D. Hughes
10,217
29.2
+4.3
Majority
14,612
41.6
+18.1

Turnout
45,046
78.0
-0.9

Registered electors
44,929




Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1920s































































General Election 1929: Monmouth [16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Leolin Forestier-Walker

16,353

49.3

-22.5


Liberal
Richard Charles Williams
8,582
25.8

N/A


Labour

Luke Bateman
8,268
24.9
-3.3
Majority
7,771
23.5
-20.1

Turnout
33,203
78.9
+4.8

Registered electors
42,070




Unionist hold

Swing
























































General Election 1924: Monmouth [16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Leolin Forestier-Walker

16,510

71.8

+11.9


Labour

Luke Bateman
6,469
28.2

N/A
Majority
10,041
43.6
-20.1

Turnout
22,979
74.1
+3.2

Registered electors
31,031




Unionist hold

Swing
























































General Election 1923: Monmouth [17]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Leolin Forestier-Walker

12,697

59.9

N/A


Liberal
Morgan Griffith
8,487
40.1

N/A
Majority
4,210
19.8

N/A

Turnout
21,184
80.9

N/A

Registered electors
29,889




Unionist hold

Swing

N/A






























General Election 1922: Monmouth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Leolin Forestier-Walker

Unopposed

Registered electors
29,779




Unionist hold


Elections in the 1910s




















































General Election 1918: Monmouth [16]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Leolin Forestier-Walker

9,164

59.7

N/A


Liberal

Hubert Martineau
6,189
40.3

N/A
Majority
2,975
19.4

N/A

Turnout
15,353
55.7

N/A

Registered electors
27,575




Unionist win (new seat)


See also



  • Monmouth (Assembly constituency)

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwent

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Wales



Notes and references





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  2. ^ Boundary Commission for Wales website
    The Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly Electoral Regions (Wales) Order 2006, OPSI website



  3. ^ abcd 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



  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)


  5. ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  6. ^ Declaration of result of poll


  7. ^ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


  8. ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  9. ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  10. ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  11. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  12. ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 Dec 2010.


  13. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Results of Byelections in the 1987-92 Parliament". United Kingdom Election Results. Retrieved 2015-10-01.


  14. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  15. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.


  16. ^ abc British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig


  17. ^ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones




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 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.



External links




  • Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)


  • Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)


  • 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report


  • A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)










Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Bromley

Constituency represented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
1957–1958
Succeeded by
Tiverton









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