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Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency)

Pontypool was a county constituency in the town of Pontypool in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Pontypool
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Seatsone
Created fromNorth Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire
Replaced byTorfaen

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and was replaced with Torfaen for the 1983 general election. This was to correspond with the name and area of the Torfaen local authority created in 1974. The Torfaen constituency contained the whole of the old Pontypool seat, adding just 247 electors from Monmouth.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The Urban Districts of Abersychan, Blaenavon, Llanfrechfa Upper, Llantarnam, Panteg, and Pontypool.

1950–1983: The Urban Districts of Blaenavon, Cwmbran, and Pontypool.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1918Thomas GriffithsLabour
1935Arthur JenkinsLabour
1946 by-electionGranville WestLabour
1958 by-electionLeo AbseLabour
1983constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

McKenna
General election 1918: Pontypool[1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Griffiths 8,438 39.0
CUnionistLeonard Wilkinson Llewelyn[2]7,02132.5
LiberalReginald McKenna6,16028.5
Majority1,4176.5
Turnout21,61972.1
Labour win (new seat)
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1922: Pontypool [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Griffiths 11,198 40.6 +1.6
UnionistThomas George Jones8,65431.4-1.1
LiberalRobert Connell7,73328.0-0.5
Majority2,5449.2+2.7
Turnout27,58585.0+12.9
Labour holdSwing+1.3
General election 1923: Pontypool [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Griffiths 13,770 50.6 +10.0
LiberalS.J. Robins13,44449.4+21.4
Majority3261.2-8.0
Turnout27,21481.6-3.4
Labour holdSwing-5.7
General election 1924: Pontypool[1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Griffiths 15,378 52.6 +2.0
UnionistLionel Beaumont-Thomas13,83147.4New
Majority1,5475.2+4.0
Turnout29,20984.5+2.9
Labour holdSwing
General election 1929: Pontypool [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Griffiths 17,805 51.5 -1.1
LiberalGeoffrey Crawshay12,58136.4New
UnionistGwilym Rowlands4,18812.1-35.4
Majority5,22415.1+9.9
Turnout34,57484.6+0.1
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Pontypool[1][4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourThomas Griffiths 18,981 56.34 +4.8
National LiberalThomas Keens14,70943.66+7.3
Majority4,27212.68-2.4
Turnout33,69081.99-2.6
Registered electors41,090
Labour holdSwing-1.25
General election 1935: Pontypool[1][5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArthur Jenkins 22,346 67.92 +11.58
ConservativeLeonard Caplan10,55532.08-11.58
Majority11,79135.84+23.16
Turnout32,90178.55-3.44
Labour holdSwing+11.58

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Pontypool[1][6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourArthur Jenkins 27,455 77.28 +9.36
ConservativeJohn Gabriel Weeple8,07222.72-9.36
Majority19,38354.56+18.72
Turnout35,52777.17-1.38
Labour holdSwing+9.36
1946 Pontypool by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGranville West 23,359 74.09 -3.19
ConservativeP. Welch8,17025.91+3.19
Majority15,18948.17-6.39
Turnout31,529
Labour holdSwing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Pontypool[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGranville West 28,267 72.25 -5.03
ConservativeArthur Russell6,61616.91-5.81
LiberalErnest Aneurin Robert Mathias4,24010.84New
Majority21,65155.34+0.78
Turnout39,12384.78+7.61
Labour holdSwing+0.39
General election 1951: Pontypool[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGranville West 29,553 75.74 +3.49
ConservativeAylwin O Hewitt9,46424.26+7.35
Majority20,08951.49-3.85
Turnout39,01784.29-0.49
Labour holdSwing-1.93
General election 1955: Pontypool[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourGranville West 26,372 72.91 -2.83
ConservativeAylwin O Hewitt9,80027.09+2.83
Majority16,57245.81-5.68
Turnout36,17277.09-7.20
Labour holdSwing-2.83
1958 Pontypool by-election[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourLeo Abse 20,000 68.49 -4.42
ConservativePaul S Thomas6,27321.48-5.61
Plaid CymruBenjamin CL Morgan2,92710.02New
Majority13,72747.01+1.2
Turnout29,20061.7-15.4
Labour holdSwing
General election 1959: Pontypool[11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourLeo Abse 26,755 70.08 -2.83
ConservativePaul S Thomas8,90323.32-3.77
Plaid CymruBenjamin CL Morgan2,5196.60N/A
Majority17,85246.76+0.95
Turnout38,17780.45+3.36
Labour holdSwing+0.47

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Pontypool[12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourLeo Abse 27,852 74.57 +4.49
ConservativePaul D Mendel8,16921.87-1.45
CommunistW Edward Jones1,3293.56New
Majority19,68352.70+5.94
Turnout37,35077.77-2.68
Registered electors48,024
Labour holdSwing+2.97
General election 1966: Pontypool[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourLeo Abse 27,909 77.05 +2.48
ConservativePeter T James7,41820.48-1.39
CommunistW Edward Jones8972.48-1.08
Majority20,49156.57+3.87
Turnout36,22475.40-2.37
Registered electors48,040
Labour holdSwing+1.94

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Pontypool[14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourLeo Abse 27,402 70.70
ConservativeW Mather Bell8,86922.88
Plaid CymruHarri Webb2,0535.30New
CommunistBrian Watkinson4351.12
Majority18,53347.82
Turnout38,75971.94
Labour holdSwing
General election February 1974: Pontypool[15][16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourLeo Abse 25,133 59.68 -11.02
LiberalErnest Aneurin Robert Mathias7,66818.21New
ConservativeWellesley Theodore Octavius Wallace7,49717.80-5.08
Plaid CymruRoger David Tanner1,3183.13-2.17
CommunistGraham Robert Williams4981.18-0.06
Majority17,46541.47-6.35
Turnout42,11477.01+5.07
Labour holdSwing
General election October 1974: Pontypool[15][17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourLeo Abse 25,381 63.40 +3.72
ConservativeRobert John Moreland6,68616.70-1.10
LiberalErnest Aneurin Robert Mathias5,74414.35-3.86
Plaid CymruRoger David Tanner2,2235.55+2.42
Majority18,69546.70+5.23
Turnout40,03472.66-3.35
Labour holdSwing+2.41
General election 1979: Pontypool[15][18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourLeo Abse 27,751 61.93 -1.47
ConservativeTom Sackville10,38323.17+6.47
LiberalErnest Aneurin Robert Mathias5,50812.29-2.06
Plaid CymruWilliam James Hyde1,1692.61-2.94
Majority17,36838.76-7.94
Turnout44,81178.36+5.70
Labour holdSwing-3.97

References

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