Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Monmouth County constituency |
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| Monmouth shown within Wales | |
| Created: | 1536 |
| MP: | David Davies |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Preserved county: | Gwent |
| EP constituency: | Wales |
Monmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Boundaries
This is an unusual seat among Welsh seats in that it is a mostly safe bet for the Conservative Party in South Wales. It has not had coal mining, steelmaking or any other significant industrial traditions, and is mostly rural. Although there are no rock-solid Tory seats in Wales, this constituency is the closest they will come to. Labour won the seat in their glory years of 1966 and 1997,and also via a by-election in 1991 and narrowly in the 2001 election, but, despite this, it is generally more favourable to the Conservatives except in very bad years for them.
Originally the constituency covered the entire of the county of Monmouth, except for the Monmouth Boroughs of Monmouth, Newport and Usk. The county constituency returned two members and the borough constituency one.
The Representation of the People Act 1918 redefined the constituencies so that the county constituency was based on the administrative county, returning five members (Abertillery, Bedwellty, Ebbw Vale, Monmouth and Pontypool) and a new Newport constituency was formed from the county borough of Newport, returning one member.
The present boundaries date from the constituency re-organisation of 1983 and in common with all seats after this time, returns one member.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- 1918 — 1934: Sir Leolin Forestier-Walker, Conservative
- 1934 — 1939: Major J A Herbert, Conservative
- 1939 — 1945: Leslie Pym, Conservative
- 1945 — 1966: Peter Thorneycroft, Conservative
- 1966 — 1970: Donald Anderson, Labour
- 1970 — 1991: Sir John Stradling Thomas, Conservative
- 1991 — 1992: Huw Edwards, Labour
- 1992 — 1997: Roger Kenneth Evans, Conservative
- 1997 — 2005: Huw Edwards, Labour
- 2005 — present: David Davies, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Monmouth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David 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 | |
| UK Independence | John Bufton | 543 | 1.2 | -0.3 | |
| Majority | 4,527 | 9.9 | |||
| Turnout | 45,653 | 72.4 | +0.9 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +5.4 | |||
| General Election 2001: Monmouth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Huw Edwards | 19,021 | 42.8 | -5.0 | |
| Conservative | Roger 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 | |
| UK Independence | David Rowlands | 656 | 1.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 384 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 44,462 | 71.5 | -9.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Monmouth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Huw Edwards | 23,404 | 47.7 | +6.8 | |
| Conservative | Roger Evans | 19,226 | 39.2 | -8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark F. Williams | 4,689 | 9.6 | -1.4 | |
| Referendum Party | T.N. Warry | 1,190 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | A.F.C. Cotton | 516 | 1.1 | -+0.2 | |
| Majority | 4,178 | 8.5 | |||
| Turnout | - | 80.5 | - | ||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | - | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- (2003) Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times.
| Constituencies in Wales | |
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| Labour |
Aberavon | Alyn and Deeside | Bridgend | Caerphilly | Cardiff North | Cardiff South and Penarth | Cardiff West | Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire | Clwyd South | Conwy | Cynon Valley | Delyn | Gower | Islwyn | Llanelli | Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney | Neath | Newport East | Newport West | Ogmore | Pontypridd | Rhondda | Swansea East | Swansea West | Torfaen | Vale of Clwyd | Vale of Glamorgan | Wrexham | Ynys Môn |
| Liberal Democrat |
Brecon and Radnorshire | Cardiff Central | Ceredigion | Montgomeryshire |
| Conservative |
Clwyd West | Monmouth | Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| Plaid Cymru |
Caernarfon | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Independent | |
| Wales European constituency: Labour (2) | Conservative (1) | Plaid Cymru (1) | |
