Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a proposed parliamentary constituency in south-east Wales to return one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the next general election.
Monmouthshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1536–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | North Monmouthshire, South Monmouthshire, West Monmouthshire |
2024–present | |
Created from | Monmouth and Newport East |
It previously existed as a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from 1536 until 1707, of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1801, and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs).
In 1885 the Monmouthshire constituency was divided to create North Monmouthshire, South Monmouthshire and West Monmouthshire.
The constituency is to be re-established, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final proposals of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election.[1]
The Monmouthshire constituency covered the county of Monmouth, except that from 1832 there was a borough constituency, Monmouth Boroughs, within the county.
Year | First member | Second member |
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1542 | No names known | |
1545 | Walter Herbert | Charles Herbert[2] |
1547 | Sir Thomas Morgan | William Herbert[2] |
1553 (Mar) | ||
1553 (Oct) | Sir Charles Herbert | Thomas Somerset[2] |
1554 (Apr) | Thomas Herbert | James Gunter[2] |
1554 (Nov) | Thomas Somerset | David Lewis[2] |
1555 | William Herbert | William Morgan[2] |
1558 | Francis Somerset | William Morgan [2] |
1559 (Jan) | William Morgan I | Thomas Herbert[3] |
1562–1563 | Matthew Herbert | George Herbert[3] |
1571 | Charles Somerset | William Morgan[3] |
1572 (May) | Charles Somerset | Henry Herbert[3] |
1584 (Sep) | Sir William Herbert | Edward Morgan[3] |
1586 (Sep) | Sir William Herbert | Edward Morgan[3] |
1588 (Oct) | Thomas Morgan II | William John Proger[3] |
1593 | Sir William Herbert (died in office, 1593) | Edward Kemeys[3] |
1597 (Sep) | Henry Herbert | John Arnold[3] |
1601 (Oct) | Thomas Somerset | Henry Morgan[3] |
1604 | Thomas Somerset | Sir John Herbert |
1614 | Walter Montagu | William Jones |
1621 | Sir Edmund Morgan | Charles Williams |
1624 | Robert Viscount Lisle | Sir William Morgan |
1625 | Robert Viscount Lisle | Sir William Morgan |
1626 | Nicholas Arnold | William Herbert |
1628 | Nicholas Arnold | Nicholas Kemeys |
1629–1640 | No Parliaments convened | |
Apr 1640 | William Morgan | Walter Rumsey |
Nov 1640 | Sir Charles Williams repl. 1642 by Henry Herbert |
William Herbert, disabled 1644 |
1645 | John Herbert | Henry Herbert |
1648 | John Herbert | Henry Herbert |
1653 | Philip Jones |
Year | First member | Second member | Third member |
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1654 | Richard Cromwell, sat for Hampshire repl. by Thomas Morgan |
Philip Jones sat for Glamorgan repl. by Thomas Hughes |
Henry Herbert |
1656 | Major General James Berry, sat for Worcestershire repl. by Nathaniel Waterhouse |
John Nicholas | Edward Herbert |
1659 | William Morgan | John Nicholas |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Catherine Fookes[5] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frederick Courtenay Morgan | 3,529 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Rolls | 3,294 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Liberal | George Charles Brodrick | 3,019 | 23.6 | New | |
Liberal | Marshall Warmington | 2,927 | 22.9 | New | |
Majority | 275 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,385 (est) | 75.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,518 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frederick Courtenay Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Henry Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,630 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Somerset was appointed Comptroller of the Household, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Octavius Morgan | 3,761 | 39.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Poulett Somerset | 3,525 | 36.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry Morgan-Clifford | 2,338 | 24.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,187 | 12.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,981 (est) | 75.0 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,971 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Somerset resigned, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Poulett Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,909 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Poulett Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,073 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Somerset resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,099 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,973 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | 2,334 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Granville Somerset | 2,230 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Arthur Somerset | 2,187 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 43 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,376 (est) | 63.9 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,286 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Somerset's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,393 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Somerset was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Octavius Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Addams Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,347 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Williams resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, triggering a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Conservative | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Addams Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,714 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Tory | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Addams Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,738 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | William Addams Williams | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,000 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Granville Somerset | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Charles Morgan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,000 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig hold |
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