| Western Monmouthshire | |
|---|---|
| Former County constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1918 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | Abertillery, Bedwellty and Ebbw Vale |
| Created from | Monmouthshire |
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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The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
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]
On abolition by the Representation of the People Act 1918, West Monmouthshire's area was divided between three constituencies: Abertillery, Bedwellty and Ebbw Vale.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Cornelius Marshall Warmington | ||
| 1895 | Sir William Vernon Harcourt | Liberal | |
| 1904 | Thomas Richards | Liberal | |
| 1918 | constituency abolished | ||