Abertillery (UK Parliament constituency)

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Abertillery
County constituency
Created: 1918
Abolished: 1983
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

Abertillery was a county constituency centred on the town of Abertillery in South Wales. 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 system of election.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

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[edit] Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the urban districts of Abercarn, Abertillery and Nantyglo and Blaina.[1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1918 William Brace Labour
1920 George Barker Labour
1929 George Daggar Labour
1950 Rev Llewellyn Williams Labour
1965 Albert Clifford Williams Labour
1970 Jeffrey Thomas Labour
1981 SDP
1983 constituency abolished

[edit] Elections

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Schedule 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 c.64)