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| Newport | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1983 | |
| Seats | one |
| Created from | Monmouth Boroughs and South Monmouthshire |
| Replaced by | 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
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Lewis Haslam | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 by-election | Reginald Clarry | Conservative | |
| 1929 | James Walker | Labour | |
| 1931 | Sir Reginald Clarry | Conservative | |
| 1945 by-election | Ronald Bell | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Peter Freeman | Labour | |
| 1956 by-election | Sir Frank Soskice | Labour | |
| 1966 | Roy Hughes | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Newport East and Newport West | ||
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Liberal | Lewis Haslam | 14,080 | 56.4 | |
| Labour | William Bowen | 10,234 | 41.0 | ||
| Independent Democrat | Bertie Pardoe-Thomas [1] | 647 | 2.6 | ||
| Majority | 3,846 | 15.4 | |||
| Turnout | 24,961 | 62.2 | |||
| Liberal win (new seat) | |||||
| C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. | |||||
Elections in the 1920s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Reginald Clarry | 13,515 | 40.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | William Bowen | 11,425 | 33.8 | -7.2 | |
| Liberal | William Moore | 8,841 | 26.2 | -30.2 | |
| Majority | 2,090 | 6.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 33,781 | 79.2 | +17.0 | ||
| Unionist gain from National Liberal | Swing | ||||
- 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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Reginald Clarry | 19,019 | 54.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | William Bowen | 16,000 | 45.7 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 3,019 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 35,019 | 82.1 | +19.9 | ||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Reginald Clarry | 14,424 | 39.5 | -14.8 | |
| Labour | William Bowen | 14,100 | 38.6 | -7.1 | |
| Liberal | H. Davies | 8,015 | 21.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 324 | 0.9 | -7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 36,539 | 85.2 | +3.1 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | -3.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unionist | Reginald Clarry | 20,426 | 52.8 | +13.3 | |
| Labour | William Bowen | 18,263 | 47.2 | +8.6 | |
| Majority | 2,163 | 5.6 | +4.7 | ||
| Turnout | 38,689 | 85.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Walker | 18,653 | 39.5 | -7.7 | |
| Unionist | Reginald Clarry | 15,841 | 33.5 | -19.3 | |
| Liberal | Samuel Immanuel Cohen | 12,735 | 27.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,812 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 47,229 | 83.8 | -1.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 56,392 | ||||
| Labour gain from Unionist | Swing | +5.8 | |||