Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newport Borough constituency
Created:	1918
Abolished:	1983
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3.1 Elections in the 1910s 3.2 Elections in the 1920s 3.3 Elections in the 1930s 3.4 Elections in the 1940s 3.5 Elections in the 1950s 3.6 Elections in the 1960s 3.7 Elections in the 1970s 4 See also 5 Sources

[edit] Boundaries

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[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Lewis Haslam	Liberal
	1922 (by-election)	Reginald George Clarry	Conservative
	1929	James Walker	Labour
	1931	Sir Reginald George Clarry	Conservative
	1945 (by-election)	Ronald McMillan Bell	Conservative
	1945	Peter Freeman	Labour
	1956 (by-election)	Sir Frank Soskice, later Baron Stow Hill	Labour
	1966	Royston John Hughes, later Baron Islwyn	Labour
1983		constituency abolished: see Newport East and Newport West

[edit] Election results

[edit] Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lewis Haslam	14,080	56.4	N/A
	Labour	John W. Bowen	10,234	41.0	N/A
	Independent Democrat	B. P. Thomas	647	2.6	N/A
Majority			3,846	15.4	N/A
Turnout				62.2	N/A
	Liberal win		(new constituency)

N.B. Haslam was a supporter of the Lloyd George Coalition Government and had official support from the Conservatives as well.

By-election 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Clarry	13,515	40.00	N/A
	Labour	John W. Bowen	11,425	33.8	-7.2
	Liberal	William Lynden Moore	8,841	26.2	-30.2
Majority			2,090	6.2	N/A
Turnout				79.2	17
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

N.B. Clarry was an official Conservative candidate standing on a platform of opposition to the continuation of the Lloyd George Coalition Government. Moore was also opposed to the Coalition but eschewed the division of the Liberal Party between David Lloyd George and Herbert Henry Asquith and called for a reunited Liberal Party.

[edit] Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Clarry	19,019	54.3	+14.3
	Labour	John W. Bowen	16,000	45.7	+11.9
Majority			3,019	8.6	+2.4
Turnout				82.1	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Clarry	14,424	39.5	-14.8
	Labour	John W. Bowen	14,100	38.6	-7.1
	Liberal	H. Davies	8,015	21.9	N/A
Majority			324	0.9	-7.7
Turnout				85.2	+3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1924
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Clarry	20,426	52.8	+13.3
	Labour	John W. Bowen	18,263	47.2	+9.6
Majority			2,163	5.6	+4.7
Turnout				85.7	+0.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1929
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Walker	18,653	39.5	-7.7
	Conservative	Reginald Clarry	15,841	33.5	-19.3
	Liberal	S.I. Cohen	12,735	27.0	N/A
Majority			2,812	6.0	+0.4
Turnout				83.8	-1.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Clarry	27,829	59.1	+25.6
	Labour	James Walker	19,238	40.9	+1.4
Majority			8,591	18.2	N/A
Turnout			47,067	82.5	-1.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+12.0

General Election 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Clarry	23,300	51.7	−7.4
	Labour	Peter Freeman	21,755	48.3	+7.4
Majority			1,545	3.4	−14.8
Turnout			45,055	79.4	-3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.4

[edit] Elections in the 1940s

By-election 1945: Newport, 17th May
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Bell	16,424	54.5	2.8
	Ind. Labour Party	Robert Edwards	13,722	45.5	N/A
Majority			2,702	9.0	+5.6
Turnout			40,146	50.0	-29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

General Election 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Freeman	23,845	54.2	N/A
	Conservative	R.M. Bell	14,754	33.6	-20.9
	Liberal	W.R. Crawshay	5,362	12.2	N/A
Majority			9,091	20.6	N/A
Turnout			43,961	72.8	22.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Freeman	31,858	51.0	-3.2
	Conservative	Ivor Thomas	21,866	35.0	+1.4
	Liberal	W.J. Owen	8,761	14.0	+1.8
Majority			9,992	16.0	-4.6
Turnout				87.9	+15.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Freeman	32,883	52.8	+1.8
	Conservative	T. E. R. Rhys-Roberts	24,166	38.8	+3.8
	Liberal	W.J. Owen	5,247	8.4	-5.6
Majority			8,717	14.0	-2.0
Turnout				86.3	-1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Freeman	31,537	53.7	+0.9
	Conservative	Donald Box	27,177	46.3	+7.5
Majority			4,360	7.4	-6.6
Turnout				81.6	-4.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Newport by-election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Soskice	29,205	56.3	+2.6
	Conservative	Donald Box	20,720	39.9	-5.4
	Plaid Cymru	E. Roberts	1,978	3.8	N/A
Majority			8,485	16.3	+8.9
Turnout			51,903
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.0

General Election 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Soskice	31,125	53.1	-3.2
	Conservative	A. D. Arnold	27,477	46.9	+7.0
Majority			3,648	6.2	-10.1
Turnout				81.6
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Soskice	31,962	57.5	+4.4
	Conservative	P. Temple-Morris	23,649	42.5	-4.4
Majority			8,313	15.0	+8.8
Turnout				79.0	-3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	32,098	59.8	+2.3
	Conservative	P. Temple-Morris	21,599	40.2	-2.3
Majority			10,499	19.6	+4.6
Turnout				78.8	-0.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	30,132	55.7	-4.1
	Conservative	A. D. Arnold	22,005	40.7	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	A. R. Vickery	1,997	3.7	N/A
Majority			10,499	15.0	-4.6
Turnout				75.5	-3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	29,384	48.8	-6.9
	Conservative	G. Price	18,002	29.9	-10.8
	Liberal	J. H. Morgan	11,868	19.7	-2.7
	Plaid Cymru	P. Cox	936	1.6	-2.1
Majority			11,382	18.9	+3.9
Turnout				81.0	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	30,069	53.0	+4.2
	Conservative	G. A. L. Price	16,253	28.6	-1.3
	Liberal	J. H. Morgan	9,207	16.2	-3.5
	Plaid Cymru	G. Lee	1,216	2.1	+0.5
Majority			13,816	14.4	+5.5
Turnout				75.6	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	30,919	51.7	-1.3
	Conservative	G. G. Davies	21,742	36.3	+7.6
	Liberal	A. Lambert	6,270	10.5	-5.7
	National Front	G. R. Woodward	484	0.8	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	A. R. Vickery	473	0.8	-1.3
Majority			9,177	15.3	-9.1
Turnout				79.7	+4.1
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• Newport by-election, 1922
• Newport by-election, 1945
• Newport by-election, 1956

[edit] Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• Craig, F.W.S. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow; Political Reference Publications, 1969)