Ebbw Vale (UK Parliament constituency)
Ebbw Vale was a constituency in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1918 general election and returned one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Ebbw Vale | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney[1] |
Created from | West Monmouthshire |
Boundaries
The constituency was first contested in 1918 and was used until 1983. It comprised the north-western part of the historic county of Monmouthshire, in south-east Wales.
The seat was a county constituency, formed as a division of Monmouthshire. The areas, which comprised the seat, were Ebbw Vale, Rhymney and Tredegar. The division included three Urban District council areas, one named after each town. The boundaries were left unchanged throughout the existence of the Ebbw Vale constituency.[2]
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1918 | Thomas Richards | Labour | |
1920 by-election | Evan Davies | Labour | |
1929 | Aneurin Bevan | Labour | |
1960 by-election | Michael Foot | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished. See Blaenau Gwent |
Elections
Election in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Foot | 20,028 | 69.2 | -4.9 | |
Conservative | Geoffrey Inkin[4] | 3,937 | 13.6 | +6.1 | |
Liberal | A T Pope | 3,082 | 10.7 | -0.4 | |
Plaid Cymru | G R J ap Robert | 1,884 | 6.5 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 16,091 | 55.6 | -7.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,931 | 79.9 | +3.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Foot | 21,226 | 74.1 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Angus Donaldson | 3,167 | 11.1 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Evans | 2,153 | 7.5 | -0.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | G R J ap Robert | 2,101 | 7.3 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 18,059 | 63.0 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 28,647 | 76.1 | -3.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Foot | 20,660 | 69.5 | -2.9 | |
Liberal | Angus Donaldson | 4,996 | 16.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Evans | 2,303 | 7.8 | +0.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | J D Rogers | 1,767 | 5.9 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 15,664 | 52.7 | -5.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,726 | 79.5 | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Foot | 21,817 | 72.4 | -12.7 | |
Liberal | Angus Donaldson | 4,371 | 14.5 | New | |
Conservative | Elgar Spencer Jenkins | 2,146 | 7.1 | -7.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Derek James Baskerville | 1,805 | 6.0 | New | |
Majority | 17,446 | 57.9 | -12.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,139 | 78.4 | -0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Foot | 24,936 | 85.1 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | John Roger Lovill | 4,352 | 14.9 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 20,584 | 70.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,288 | 79.3 | -0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Foot | 25,220 | 83.6 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Brandon Rhys-Williams | 4,949 | 16.4 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 20,271 | 67.2 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,169 | 79.5 | -6.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Foot | 20,528 | 68.8 | -12.2 | |
Conservative | Brandon Rhys-Williams | 3,799 | 12.7 | -6.3 | |
Liberal | Patrick Lort-Phillips | 3,449 | 11.5 | New | |
Plaid Cymru | Emrys Roberts | 2,091 | 7.0 | New | |
Majority | 16,729 | 56.1 | -5.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,867 | 76.1 | -9.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aneurin Bevan | 27,326 | 81.0 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Arthur Gwynne Davies | 6,404 | 19.0 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 20,922 | 62.0 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,730 | 85.8 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aneurin Bevan | 26,058 | 79.3 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | James E Bowen | 6,822 | 20.7 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 19,236 | 58.6 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,880 | 83.7 | -3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aneurin Bevan | 28,283 | 80.7 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | James E Bowen | 6,754 | 19.3 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 21,529 | 61.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,037 | 87.0 | +0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aneurin Bevan | 28,245 | 80.7 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Graeme Finlay | 6,745 | 19.3 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 21,500 | 61.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,990 | 86.7 | +4.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aneurin Bevan | 27,209 | 80.1 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Charles Stanley Parker | 6,758 | 19.9 | -2.3 | |
Majority | 20,451 | 60.2 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,967 | 82.6 | 0.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Election in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Aneurin Bevan | 25,007 | 77.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ethel Scarborough | 7,145 | 22.2 | New | |
Majority | 17,862 | 55.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 32,152 | 82.6 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aneurin Bevan | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Election in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Aneurin Bevan | 20,088 | 60.3 | N/A | |
Liberal | William Griffiths | 8,924 | 26.8 | New | |
Unionist | Mark Brace | 4,287 | 12.9 | New | |
Majority | 11,164 | 33.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 33,299 | 85.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 38,781 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Evan Davies | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Evan Davies | 16,492 | 65.6 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Cyrus Golyddan Davies | 8,639 | 34.4 | New | |
Majority | 7,853 | 31.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 25,131 | 75.8 | −2.4 | ||
Registered electors | 33,171 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Evan Davies | 16,947 | 65.4 | N/A | |
Unionist | Morgan Morgan | 8,951 | 34.6 | New | |
Majority | 7,996 | 30.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 25,898 | 78.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 33,119 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Evan Davies | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Election in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas Richards | Unopposed | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
References
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, compiled and edited by F. W. S. Craig (Political Reference Publications, 1972) ISBN 0-900178-09-4
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (The Macmillan Press, revised edition, 1977) ISBN 0-333-23048-5
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services, 2nd edition, 1983) ISBN 0-900178-07-8
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1984) ISBN 0-900178-23-X
- "'Ebbw Vale', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885-1972, pages 38 (1918), 105 (1950), 152 (1971) and 199-202 (maps).
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1974-1983, page 277
- Kelsey, Chris (3 August 2013). "Tributes paid to Sir Geoffrey Inkin, creator of Cardiff Bay". Wales Online. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973, page 586
- http://tools.assembla.com/svn/grodt/uk/thc/files/marked_up/1959_marked_up.txt
- British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, page 566
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