:Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)
{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Newport
|type = Borough
|parliament = uk
|year = 1918
|abolished = 1983
|elects_howmany = one
|previous = Monmouth Boroughs and South Monmouthshire
|next = Newport East and Newport West
|}}
Newport was a borough constituency in Monmouthshire from 1918 to 1983. 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 system.
The constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and abolished with the creation of the Newport East and Newport West constituencies. The Representation of the People Act enfranchised the county borough of Newport as a parliamentary borough returning one member. Previously, the borough was represented as part of the Monmouth Boroughs constituency, which also covered Monmouth and Usk.
Boundaries
1918–1955: The County Borough of Newport.
1955–1983: As above, as extended by the Newport Corporation Act 1954.
Members of Parliament
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Coalition Liberal}}" |
| 1918 | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1929 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| 1931 | Sir Reginald Clarry | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1945 | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| Sir Frank Soskice | Labour | ||
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| 1966 | Labour | ||
| colspan="2" align="center"| 1983
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished: see Newport East and Newport West |
Election results
= Elections in the 1910s =
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1918: Newport
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link coalition 1918|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Lewis Haslam
|votes = 14,080
|percentage = 56.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Bowen
|votes = 10,234
|percentage = 41.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Independent Democrat
|candidate = Bertie Pardoe-Thomas ‘PARDOE-THOMAS, Bertie’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U215143, accessed 18 Sept 2017]
|votes = 647
|percentage = 2.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,846
|percentage = 15.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 24,961
|percentage = 62.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end 1918}}
= Elections in the 1920s =
{{Election box begin|title=1922 Newport by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Clarry
|votes = 13,515
|percentage = 40.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Bowen
|votes = 11,425
|percentage = 33.8
|change = -7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Moore
|votes = 8,841
|percentage = 26.2
|change = -30.2
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,090
|percentage = 6.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 33,781
|percentage = 79.2
|change = +17.0
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Coalition Liberal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
- Clarry stood on a platform of opposition to the Coalition Government. Moore was also opposed to the Coalition and called for a reunited Liberal Party.
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1922: Newport
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Clarry
|votes = 19,019
|percentage = 54.3
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Bowen
|votes = 16,000
|percentage = 45.7
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,019
|percentage = 8.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 35,019
|percentage = 82.1
|change = +19.9
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1923: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Clarry
|votes = 14,424
|percentage = 39.5
|change = -14.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Bowen
|votes = 14,100
|percentage = 38.6
|change = -7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Davies
|votes = 8,015
|percentage = 21.9
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 324
|percentage = 0.9
|change = -7.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 36,539
|percentage = 85.2
|change = +3.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = -3.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= General election 1924: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Clarry
|votes = 20,426
|percentage = 52.8
|change = +13.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William Bowen
|votes = 18,263
|percentage = 47.2
|change = +8.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,163
|percentage = 5.6
|change = +4.7
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 38,689
|percentage = 85.7
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=General election 1929: Newport British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Walker
|votes = 18,653
|percentage = 39.5
|change = -7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Clarry
|votes = 15,841
|percentage = 33.5
|change = -19.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Samuel Immanuel Cohen
|votes = 12,735
|percentage = 27.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,812
|percentage = 6.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,229
|percentage = 83.8
|change = -1.9
}}
{{Election box registered electors|
|reg. electors = 56,392
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Unionist Party (UK)
|swing = +5.8
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1930s =
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1931: Newport
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Clarry
|votes = 27,829
|percentage = 59.1
|change = +25.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = James Walker
|votes = 19,238
|percentage = 40.9
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,591
|percentage = 18.2
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 47,067
|percentage = 82.5
|change = -1.3
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +12.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1935: Newport
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Clarry
|votes = 23,300
|percentage = 51.7
|change = -7.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Freeman
|votes = 21,755
|percentage = 48.3
|change = +7.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,545
|percentage = 3.4
|change = -14.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 45,055
|percentage = 79.4
|change = -3.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = -7.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1940s =
{{Election box begin|title=1945 Newport by-election
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ronald Bell
|votes = 16,424
|percentage = 54.5
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent Labour Party
|candidate = Bob Edwards
|votes = 13,722
|percentage = 45.5
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,702
|percentage = 9.0
|change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 40,146
|percentage = 50.0
|change = -29.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +1.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1945: Newport
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Freeman
|votes = 23,845
|percentage = 54.2
|change = +5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ronald Bell
|votes = 14,754
|percentage = 33.6
|change = -17.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William Robert Crawshay
|votes = 5,362
|percentage = 12.2
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,091
|percentage = 20.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 43,961
|percentage = 72.8
|change = -6.6
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1950s =
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1950: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Freeman
|votes = 31,858
|percentage = 51.0
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ivor Thomas
|votes = 21,866
|percentage = 35.0
|change = +1.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William John Owen
|votes = 8,761
|percentage = 14.0
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,992
|percentage = 16.0
|change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 62,485
|percentage = 87.9
|change = +15.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1951: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Freeman
|votes = 32,883
|percentage = 52.8
|change = +1.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Esmôr Rhys-Roberts
|votes = 24,166
|percentage = 38.8
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = William John Owen
|votes = 5,247
|percentage = 8.4
|change = -5.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,717
|percentage = 14.0
|change = -2.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 62,296
|percentage = 86.3
|change = -1.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1955: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Freeman
|votes = 31,537
|percentage = 53.7
|change = +0.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Donald Box
|votes = 27,177
|percentage = 46.3
|change = +7.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 4,360
|percentage = 7.4
|change = -6.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 58,714
|percentage = 81.6
|change = -4.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=1956 Newport by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Soskice
|votes = 29,205
|percentage = 56.3
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Donald Box
|votes = 20,720
|percentage = 39.9
|change = -5.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = Emrys Roberts
|votes = 1,978
|percentage = 3.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,485
|percentage = 16.3
|change = +8.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 51,903
|percentage = 72.1
|change = -9.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +4.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1959: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Soskice
|votes = 31,125
|percentage = 53.1
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony D. Arnold
|votes = 27,477
|percentage = 46.9
|change = +7.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,648
|percentage = 6.2
|change = -10.1
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 58,602
|percentage = 81.6
|change = +9.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1960s =
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1964: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Soskice
|votes = 31,962
|percentage = 57.5
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris
|votes = 23,649
|percentage = 42.5
|change = -4.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,313
|percentage = 15.0
|change = +8.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 55,611
|percentage = 79.0
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1966: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Hughes
|votes = 32,098
|percentage = 59.8
|change = +2.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Temple-Morris
|votes = 21,599
|percentage = 40.2
|change = -2.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,499
|percentage = 19.6
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 53,657
|percentage = 78.8
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Elections in the 1970s =
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1970: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Hughes
|votes = 30,132
|percentage = 55.7
|change = -4.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony D. Arnold
|votes = 22,005
|percentage = 40.7
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = A. Robert Vickery
|votes = 1,997
|percentage = 3.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,127
|percentage = 15.0
|change = -4.6
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 54,134
|percentage = 75.5
|change = -3.3
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election February 1974: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Hughes
|votes = 29,384
|percentage = 48.8
|change = -6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Price
|votes = 18,002
|percentage = 29.9
|change = -10.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. H. Morgan
|votes = 11,868
|percentage = 19.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = P. Cox
|votes = 936
|percentage = 1.6
|change = -2.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 11,382
|percentage = 18.9
|change = +3.9
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 60,190
|percentage = 81.0
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election October 1974: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Hughes
|votes = 30,069
|percentage = 53.0
|change = +4.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G. A. L. Price
|votes = 16,253
|percentage = 28.6
|change = -1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = J. H. Morgan
|votes = 9,207
|percentage = 16.2
|change = -3.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = G. Lee
|votes = 1,216
|percentage = 2.1
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 13,816
|percentage = 22.4
|change = +5.5
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 56,745
|percentage = 75.6
|change = -4.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1979: Newport}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Hughes
|votes = 30,919
|percentage = 51.7
|change = -1.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = G. G. Davies
|votes = 21,742
|percentage = 36.3
|change = +7.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony Lambert
|votes = 6,270
|percentage = 10.5
|change = -5.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = National Front (UK)
|candidate = G. R. Woodward
|votes = 484
|percentage = 0.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Plaid Cymru
|candidate = A. Robert Vickery
|votes = 473
|percentage = 0.8
|change = -1.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,177
|percentage = 15.4
|change = -7.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 59,888
|percentage = 79.7
|change = +4.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- {{Rayment-hc|n|1|date=March 2012}}
- Craig, F.W.S. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow; Political Reference Publications, 1969)
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