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.
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.
Boundaries 1918–1950: 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
ElectionMemberParty 1918 Thomas Griffiths Labour 1935 Arthur Jenkins Labour 1946 by-election Granville West Labour 1958 by-election Leo Abse Labour1983 constituency abolished
Election results Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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