Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency)

Pontypool
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Torfaen
Created from	North Monmouthshire

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

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1918	Thomas Griffiths	Labour
	1935	Arthur Jenkins	Labour
	1946 by-election	Daniel Granville West	Labour
	1958 by-election	Leo Abse	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

R. McKenna

General Election 1918: Pontypool^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Griffiths	8,438	39.0	n/a
	Unionist	Sir Leonard Wilkinson Llewelyn	7,021	32.5	n/a
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Reginald McKenna	6,160	28.5	n/a
Majority			1,417	6.5	n/a
Turnout				72.1	n/a
	Labour win

endorsed by Coalition Government

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1922: Pontypool ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Griffiths	11,198	40.6	+1.6
	Unionist	Sir Thomas George Jones	8,654	31.4	-1.1
	Liberal	Sir Robert Lowden Connell	7,733	28.0	-0.5
Majority			2,544	9.2	+2.7
Turnout				85.0	+12.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.3

General Election 1923: Pontypool ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Griffiths	13,770	50.6	+10.0
	Liberal	Maj. S.J. Robins	13,444	49.4	+21.4
Majority			326	1.2	-8.0
Turnout				81.6	-3.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.7

General Election 1924: Pontypool^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Griffiths	15,378	52.6	+2.0
	Unionist	Lionel Beaumont-Thomas	13,831	47.4	n/a
Majority			1,547	5.2	+4.0
Turnout				84.5	+2.9
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1929: Pontypool ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Griffiths	17,805	51.5	-1.1
	Liberal	Geoffrey Cartland Hugh Crawshay	12,581	36.4	n/a
	Unionist	Gwilym Rowlands	4,188	12.1	-35.1
Majority			5,224	15.1	+9.9
Turnout			34,574	84.6	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1931: Pontypool^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Griffiths	18,981	56.34	+4.8
	Liberal National	Thomas Keens	14,709	43.66	+7.3
Majority			4,272	12.68	-2.4
Turnout			33,690	81.99
Registered electors			41,090
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.25

General Election 1935: Pontypool^[5]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Jenkins	22,346	67.92	+11.58
	Conservative	L Caplan	10,555	32.08	N/A
Majority			11,791	35.84	+23.16
Turnout			32,901	78.55	-3.44
Registered electors			41,887
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.58

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Pontypool^[5]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Arthur Jenkins	27,455	77.28	+9.36
	Conservative	JG Weeple	8,072	22.72	-9.36
Majority			19,383	54.56	+18.72
Turnout			35,527	77.17	-1.38
Registered electors			46,039
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.36

Pontypool by-election 1946
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Daniel Granville West	23,359	74.1
	Conservative	P. Welch	8,170	25.9
Majority			15,189	48.2
Turnout			31,529
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Pontypool^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Daniel Granville West	28,267	72.25	-5.03
	Conservative	A Russell	6,616	16.91	-5.81
	Liberal	Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias	4,240	10.84	N/A
Majority			21,651	55.34	+0.78
Turnout			39,123	84.78	+7.61
Registered electors			46,147
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.39

General Election 1951: Pontypool^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Daniel Granville West	29,553	75.74	+3.49
	Conservative	Aylwin O Hewitt	9,464	24.26	+7.35
Majority			20,089	51.49	-3.85
Turnout			39,017	84.29	-0.49
Registered electors			46,290
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.93

General Election 1955: Pontypool^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Daniel Granville West	26,372	72.91	-2.83
	Conservative	Aylwin O Hewitt	9,800	27.09	+2.83
Majority			16,572	45.81	-5.68
Turnout			36,172	77.09	-7.20
Registered electors			46,920
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.83

Pontypool by-election, 1958^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Leo Abse	20,000	68.49	-4.42
	Conservative	Mr P S Thomas	6,273	21.48	-5.61
	Plaid Cymru	Mr B C L Morgan	2,927	10.02	n/a
Majority			13,727	47.01	+1.2
Turnout			29,200
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Pontypool^[16]^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Leo Abse	26,755	70.08	-2.83
	Conservative	Paul S Thomas	8,903	23.32	-3.77
	Plaid Cymru	Benjamin CL Morgan	2,519	6.60	N/A
Majority			17,852	46.76	+0.95
Turnout			38,177	80.45	+3.36
Registered electors			47,452
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.47

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1964: Pontypool^[18]^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Leo Abse	27,852	74.57	+4.49
	Conservative	Paul D Mendel	8,169	21.87	-1.45
	Communist	W Edward Jones	1,329	3.56	N/A
Majority			19,683	52.70	+5.94
Turnout			37,350	77.77	-2.68
Registered electors			48,024
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.97

General Election 1966: Pontypool^[20]^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Leo Abse	27,909	77.05	+2.48
	Conservative	Peter T James	7,418	20.48	-1.39
	Communist	W Edward Jones	897	2.48	-1.08
Majority			20,491	56.57	+3.87
Turnout			36,224	75.40	-2.37
Registered electors			48,040
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.94

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Pontypool^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Leo Abse	27,402	70.70
	Conservative	WM Bell	8,869	22.88
	Plaid Cymru	H Webb	2,053	5.30
	Communist	B Watkinson	435	1.12
Majority			18,533	47.82
Turnout			38,759	71.94
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, February 1974: Pontypool^[23]^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Leo Abse	25,133	59.68	-11.02
	Liberal	Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias	7,668	18.21
	Conservative	Wellesley Theodore Octavius Wallace	7,497	17.80	-5.08
	Plaid Cymru	Roger David Tanner	1,318	3.13	-2.17
	Communist	Graham Robert Williams	498	1.18	-0.06
Majority			17,465	41.47	-6.35
Turnout			42,114	77.01	+5.07
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election, October 1974: Pontypool^[23]^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Leo Abse	25,381	63.40	+3.72
	Conservative	Robert John Moreland	6,686	16.70	-1.10
	Liberal	Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias	5,744	14.35	-3.86
	Plaid Cymru	Roger David Tanner	2,223	5.55	+2.42
Majority			18,695	46.70	+5.23
Turnout			40,034	72.66	-3.35
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.41

General Election, 1979: Pontypool^[23]^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Leo Abse	27,751	61.93	-1.47
	Conservative	Thomas Geoffrey Sackville	10,383	23.17	+6.47
	Liberal	Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias	5,508	12.29	-2.06
	Plaid Cymru	William James Hyde	1,169	2.61	-2.94
Majority			17,368	38.76	-7.94
Turnout			44,811	78.36	+5.70
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.97

References

↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
↑ Etholiadau'r ganrif 1885-1997, Beti Jones
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
1 2 3 4 British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
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↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1935". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1945". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
↑ Kimber, Richard. "UK General Election results 1950". Political Science Resources. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
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