West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Western Monmouthshire County constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Western Monmouthshire (also known as the Western Division of the County of Monmouth) was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
[edit] Boundaries
The constituency (shown in pink) within Monmouthshire
The constituency was defined as comprising the "Sessional Division of Bedwellty (except the Parishes of Bedwas and Mynyddislwyn)", and thus constituted the following civil parishes:[1]
- Abertillery
- Aberystruth (including part of Ebbw Vale)
- Bedwellty (including Manmoel, Rhymney, Tredegar and part of Ebbw Vale)
On abolition by the Representation of the People Act 1918, West Monmouthshire's area was divided between three constituencies: Abertillery, Bedwellty and Ebbw Vale.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1885 | Cornelius Marshall Warmington | ||
| 1895 | Sir William Vernon Harcourt | Liberal | |
| 1904 | Thomas Richards | Labour | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||
[edit] Election results
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[edit] References
- ^ Seventh Schedule to the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c.23)
