| 词条 | West Monmouthshire (UK Parliament constituency) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Western Monmouthshire |type = County |parliament = uk |year = 1885 |abolished = 1918 |elects_howmany = one |previous = Monmouthshire |next = Abertillery, Bedwellty and Ebbw Vale |}} 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. HistoryThe constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election. BoundariesThe 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. Members of Parliament
ElectionsElections in the 1880s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1885: West Monmouthshire[2][3]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Marshall Warmington |votes = 6,730 |percentage = 83.4 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Benjamin Francis Williams[3] |votes =1,341 |percentage = 16.6 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,389 |percentage = 66.8 |change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 8,071 |percentage = 82.6 |change = N/A }}{{Election box new seat win |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = N/A }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1886: West Monmouthshire[2][3] }}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Marshall Warmington }}{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) }}{{Election box end}} Elections in the 1890s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1892: West Monmouthshire[2][4]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = Marshall Warmington |votes = 7,019 |percentage = 80.5 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Herbert Meredyth[5] |votes =1,700 |percentage = 19.5 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,319 |percentage = 61.0 |change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 8,719 |percentage = 77.5 |change = N/A }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 11,251 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = N/A }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1895: West Monmouthshire[2][6][4] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = William Vernon Harcourt |votes = 7,243 |percentage = 78.7 |change = -1.8 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = William Edwin Williams |votes =1,956 |percentage = 21.3 |change = +1.8 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 5,287 |percentage = 57.4 |change = −3.6 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 9,199 |percentage = 80.2 |change = +2.7 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 11,475 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = -1.8 }}{{Election box end}} Elections in the 1900s{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1900: West Monmouthshire[2][7][8]}}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal Party (UK) |candidate = William Vernon Harcourt |votes = 5,976 |percentage = 71.3 |change = -7.4 }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = Iltyd William Henry Gardner |votes =2,401 |percentage = 28.7 |change = +7.4 }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 3,575 |percentage = 42.6 |change = -14.8 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 8,377 |percentage = 75.1 |change = -5.1 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 11,150 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal Party (UK) |swing = -7.4 }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=West Monmouthshire by-election, 1904[2][4] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Liberal-Labour (UK) |candidate = Thomas Richards |votes = 7,995 |percentage = 70.4 |change = -0.9 }}{{Election box candidate| |party = Tariff Reform |candidate = John Cockburn |votes =3,360 |percentage = 29.6 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 4,635 |percentage = 40.8 |change = +1.8 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 11,355 |percentage = 75.1 |change = +0.0 }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 15,127 }}{{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Liberal-Labour (UK) |swing = N/A }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1906: West Monmouthshire[2][4] }}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Liberal-Labour (UK) |candidate = Thomas Richards }}{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Liberal-Labour (UK) }}{{Election box end}} Elections in the 1910s{{Election box begin ||title=General Election January 1910: West Monmouthshire [9] }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Richards |votes = 13,295 |percentage = 81.4 |change = N/A }}{{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Conservative Party (UK) |candidate = John Cameron |votes =3,045 |percentage = 18.6 |change = N/A }}{{Election box majority| |votes = 10,250 |percentage = 62.8 |change = N/A }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 16,340 |percentage = 80.1 |change = N/A }}{{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 20,399 }}{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Labour Party (UK) |loser = Liberal-Labour (UK) |swing = N/A }}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin | |title=General Election December 1910: West Monmouthshire [10] }}{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Labour Party (UK) |candidate = Thomas Richards }}{{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Labour Party (UK) }}{{Election box end}} 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;
References
1. ^Seventh Schedule to the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c.23) {{DEFAULTSORT:Monmouthshire West}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|last1=National Liberal Federation|last2=Liberal Central Association|title=The Liberal Year Book for 1908|date=1908|location=London|pages=310-311|section=Monmouthshire, West|section-url=https://archive.org/stream/liberalyearbook01unkngoog#page/n324/mode/1up|accessdate=27 March 2018}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=The General Election|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000174/18851128/004/0002|accessdate=4 December 2017|work=The Morning Post|date=28 November 1885|page=2|via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}} 5. ^{{cite journal|last1=Rees|first1=Ivor Thomas|editor1-last=Hopkins|editor1-first=Tony|title=Whatever happened to young William? The short political career of W. H. Meredyth|journal=Gwent Local History|date=2004|issue=97|page=63|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10107/1340775|accessdate=22 November 2017|language=en}} 6. ^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901 7. ^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1901 8. ^{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}} 9. ^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916 10. ^Debrett's House of Commons & Judicial Bench, 1916 5 : History of Monmouthshire|Historic parliamentary constituencies in South Wales|United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885|United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918|Politics of Monmouthshire |
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