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West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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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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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.

Boundaries

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:

  • 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.

    Elections in the 1910s

    General Election 1914/15:

    Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

  • Labour: Thomas Richards
  • Unionist:
  • References

    West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia


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