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.
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January 01, 1970
pontypool, parliament, constituency, pontypool, county, constituency, town, pontypool, monmouthshire, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, elected, first, past, post, voting, system, pontypoolformer, county, constituencyfo. Pontypool was a county constituency in the town of Pontypool in Monmouthshire 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 voting system PontypoolFormer County constituencyfor the House of Commons1918 1983SeatsoneCreated fromNorth Monmouthshire and South MonmouthshireReplaced byTorfaen 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 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 ReferencesBoundaries edit1918 1950 The Urban Districts of Abersychan Blaenavon Llanfrechfa Upper Llantarnam Panteg and Pontypool 1950 1983 The Urban Districts of Blaenavon Cwmbran and Pontypool Members of Parliament editElection Member Party 1918 Thomas Griffiths Labour 1935 Arthur Jenkins Labour 1946 by election Granville West Labour 1958 by election Leo Abse Labour 1983 constituency abolishedElection results editElections in the 1910s edit nbsp McKenna General election 1918 Pontypool 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Thomas Griffiths 8 438 39 0 C Unionist Leonard Wilkinson Llewelyn 2 7 021 32 5 Liberal Reginald McKenna 6 160 28 5 Majority 1 417 6 5 Turnout 21 619 72 1 Labour win new seat C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government Elections in the 1920s edit General election 1922 Pontypool 3 Party Candidate Votes Labour Thomas Griffiths 11 198 40 6 1 6 Unionist Thomas George Jones 8 654 31 4 1 1 Liberal Robert Connell 7 733 28 0 0 5 Majority 2 544 9 2 2 7 Turnout 27 585 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 S J Robins 13 444 49 4 21 4 Majority 326 1 2 8 0 Turnout 27 214 81 6 3 4 Labour hold Swing 5 7 General election 1924 Pontypool 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Thomas Griffiths 15 378 52 6 2 0 Unionist Lionel Beaumont Thomas 13 831 47 4 New Majority 1 547 5 2 4 0 Turnout 29 209 84 5 2 9 Labour hold Swing General election 1929 Pontypool 1 Party Candidate Votes Labour Thomas Griffiths 17 805 51 5 1 1 Liberal Geoffrey Crawshay 12 581 36 4 New Unionist Gwilym Rowlands 4 188 12 1 35 4 Majority 5 224 15 1 9 9 Turnout 34 574 84 6 0 1 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1930s edit General election 1931 Pontypool 1 4 Party Candidate Votes Labour Thomas Griffiths 18 981 56 34 4 8 National Liberal Thomas Keens 14 709 43 66 7 3 Majority 4 272 12 68 2 4 Turnout 33 690 81 99 2 6 Registered electors 41 090 Labour hold Swing 1 25 General election 1935 Pontypool 1 5 Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Jenkins 22 346 67 92 11 58 Conservative Leonard Caplan 10 555 32 08 11 58 Majority 11 791 35 84 23 16 Turnout 32 901 78 55 3 44 Labour hold Swing 11 58 Elections in the 1940s edit General election 1945 Pontypool 1 6 Party Candidate Votes Labour Arthur Jenkins 27 455 77 28 9 36 Conservative John Gabriel Weeple 8 072 22 72 9 36 Majority 19 383 54 56 18 72 Turnout 35 527 77 17 1 38 Labour hold Swing 9 36 1946 Pontypool by election Party Candidate Votes Labour Granville West 23 359 74 09 3 19 Conservative P Welch 8 170 25 91 3 19 Majority 15 189 48 17 6 39 Turnout 31 529 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1950s edit General election 1950 Pontypool 7 Party Candidate Votes Labour Granville West 28 267 72 25 5 03 Conservative Arthur Russell 6 616 16 91 5 81 Liberal Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias 4 240 10 84 New Majority 21 651 55 34 0 78 Turnout 39 123 84 78 7 61 Labour hold Swing 0 39 General election 1951 Pontypool 8 Party Candidate Votes Labour 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 Labour hold Swing 1 93 General election 1955 Pontypool 9 Party Candidate Votes Labour 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 Labour hold Swing 2 83 1958 Pontypool by election 10 Party Candidate Votes Labour Leo Abse 20 000 68 49 4 42 Conservative Paul S Thomas 6 273 21 48 5 61 Plaid Cymru Benjamin CL Morgan 2 927 10 02 New Majority 13 727 47 01 1 2 Turnout 29 200 61 7 15 4 Labour hold Swing General election 1959 Pontypool 11 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 Labour hold Swing 0 47 Elections in the 1960s edit General election 1964 Pontypool 12 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 New 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 13 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 edit General election 1970 Pontypool 14 Party Candidate Votes Labour Leo Abse 27 402 70 70 Conservative W Mather Bell 8 869 22 88 Plaid Cymru Harri Webb 2 053 5 30 New Communist Brian Watkinson 435 1 12 Majority 18 533 47 82 Turnout 38 759 71 94 Labour hold Swing General election February 1974 Pontypool 15 16 Party Candidate Votes Labour Leo Abse 25 133 59 68 11 02 Liberal Ernest Aneurin Robert Mathias 7 668 18 21 New 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 15 17 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 15 18 Party Candidate Votes Labour Leo Abse 27 751 61 93 1 47 Conservative Tom 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 97References edit a b c d e f British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 1949 FWS Craig LLEWELYN Sir Leonard Wilkinson Who Was Who A amp C Black an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc 1920 2016 online edn Oxford University Press 2014 online edn April 2014 accessed 18 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