Ebbw Vale (UK Parliament constituency)

Ebbw Vale
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Blaenau Gwent
Created from	West Monmouthshire

Ebbw Vale was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency was first contested in 1918 and was used until 1983. It comprised the north-western part of the historic county of Monmouthshire, in south-east Wales.

The seat was a county constituency, formed as a division of Monmouthshire. The areas, which comprised the seat, were Ebbw Vale, Rhymney and Tredegar. The division included three Urban District council areas, one named after each town. The boundaries were left unchanged throughout the existence of the Ebbw Vale constituency.^[1]

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1918	Thomas Richards	Labour
1920 by-election	Evan Davies	Labour
1929	Aneurin Bevan	Labour
1960 by-election	Michael Foot	Labour
1983	constituency abolished. See Blaenau Gwent

Election in the 1970s

General Election 3 May 1979:^[2] Electorate 36,207
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. M M Foot	20,028	69.2	-4.9
	Conservative	Geoffrey David Inkin^[3]	3,937	13.6	+2.5
	Liberal	A T Pope	3,082	10.7	+3.2
	Plaid Cymru	G R J ap Robert	1,884	6.5	-0.8
Majority			16,091	55.6	-7.4
Turnout			28,931	79.9	+3.8

General Election 10 October 1974:^[2] Electorate 37,631
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. M M Foot	21,226	74.1	+4.6
	Liberal	A Donaldson	3,167	11.1	-5.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Peter Evans	2,153	7.5	-0.3
	Plaid Cymru	G R J ap Robert	2,101	7.3	+1.4
Majority			18,059	63.0	+10.3
Turnout			28,647	76.1	-3.4

General Election 28 February 1974:^[2] Electorate 37,369
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M M Foot	20,660	69.5	-2.9
	Liberal	A Donaldson	4,996	16.8	+2.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Peter Evans	2,303	7.8	+0.7
	Plaid Cymru	J D Rogers	1,767	5.9	-0.1
Majority			15,664	52.7	-5.2
Turnout			29,726	79.5	+1.1

General Election 18 June 1970:^[4] Electorate 38,461
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M M Foot	21,817	72.4	-12.7
	Liberal	A Donaldson	4,371	14.5	...
	Conservative	E S Jenkins	2,146	7.1	-7.8
	Plaid Cymru	D J Baskerville	1,805	6.0	...
Majority			17,446	57.9	-12.3
Turnout			30,139	78.4	-0.9

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 31 March 1966:^[4] Electorate 36,953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M M Foot	24,936	85.1	+1.5
	Conservative	J R Lovill	4,352	14.9	-1.5
Majority			20,584	70.2	+3.0
Turnout			29,288	79.3	-0.2

General Election 15 October 1964:^[4] Electorate 37,936
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M M Foot	25,220	83.6	+14.8
	Conservative	Sir B M Rhys-Williams, Bt.	4,949	16.4	+3.7
Majority			20,271	67.2	+11.1
Turnout			30,169	79.5	+3.4

By-election 17 November 1960:^[4] Electorate 39,234
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	M M Foot	20,528	68.8	-12.2
	Conservative	Sir B M Rhys-Williams, Bt.	3,799	12.7	-6.3
	Liberal	P H Lort-Phillips	3,449	11.5	...
	Plaid Cymru	E P Roberts	2,091	7.0	...
Majority			16,729	56.1	-5.9
Turnout			29,867	76.1	-9.7

Death of Rt Hon. Aneurin Bevan

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 8 October 1959:^[4] Electorate 39,299
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Aneurin Bevan	27,326	81.0	+1.7
	Conservative	A G Davies	6,404	19.0	-1.7
Majority			20,922	62.0	+3.4
Turnout			33,730	85.8	+2.1

General Election 26 May 1955:^[4] Electorate 39,305
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Aneurin Bevan	26,058	79.3	-1.4
	Conservative	J E Bowen	6,822	20.7	+1.4
Majority			19,236	58.6	-2.8
Turnout			32,880	83.7	-3.3

General Election 25 October 1951:^[4] Electorate 40,293
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Aneurin Bevan	28,283	80.7	0.0
	Conservative	J E Bowen	6,754	19.3	0.0
Majority			21,529	61.4	0.0
Turnout			35,037	87.0	+0.3

General Election 23 February 1950:^[4] Electorate 40,370
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Aneurin Bevan	28,245	80.7	+0.6
	Conservative	G B Finlay	6,745	19.3	-0.6
Majority			21,500	61.4	+1.2
Turnout			34,990	86.7	+4.1

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 5 July 1945:^[5] Electorate 41,146
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aneurin Bevan	27,209	80.1	+2.3
	Conservative	C S Parker	6,758	19.9	-2.3
Majority			20,451	60.2	+4.6
Turnout			33,967	82.6	0.00

Election in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935:^[5] Electorate 38,908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aneurin Bevan	25,007	77.8	...
	Conservative	Miss F E Scarborough	7,145	22.2	...
Majority			17,862	55.6	...
Turnout			32,152	82.6	...

General Election 27 October 1931:^[5] Electorate ...
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aneurin Bevan	Unopposed	...	...

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Ebbw Vale ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aneurin Bevan	20,088	60.3	n/a
	Liberal	William Griffiths	8,924	26.8	n/a
	Unionist	Mark Brace	4,287	12.9	n/a
Majority			11,164	33.5	n/a
Turnout			33,299	85.9	n/a
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 6 December 1923: Ebbw Vale ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Davies	16,492	65.6	+0.2
	Liberal	Cyrus Golyddon Davies	8,639	34.4	n/a
Majority			7,853	31.2	+0.4
Turnout			25,131	75.8	-2.4
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 15 November 1922:^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Davies	16,947	65.4	...
	Unionist	M Morgan	8,951	34.6	...
Majority			7,996	30.8	...
Turnout			25,898	78.2	...

By-election 26 July 1920:^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Davies	Unopposed	...	...

Resignation of Rt Hon. Thomas Richards

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918:^[5] Electorate ...
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rt Hon. Thomas Richards	Unopposed	...	...

References

Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications, 1972) ISBN 0-900178-09-4
British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press, revised edition, 1977) ISBN 0-333-23048-5
British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services, 2nd edition, 1983) ISBN 0-900178-07-8
British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984) ISBN 0-900178-23-X

↑ Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, pages 38 (1918), 105 (1950), 152 (1971) and 199-202 (maps).
1 2 3 British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, page 277
↑ Kelsey, Chris (3 August 2013). "Tributes paid to Sir Geoffrey Inkin, creator of Cardiff Bay". Wales Online. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, page 586
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, page 566

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