Abertillery was a county constituency centred on the town of Abertillery 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 system of election. From 1950 up to (and including) 1970, it was the safest Labour seat in the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.
Boundaries The constituency consisted of the urban districts of Abercarn, Abertillery and Nantyglo and Blaina.Schedule 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 c.64)
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1918 William Brace Labour 1920 by-election George Barker Labour 1929 George Daggar Labour 1950 by-election Rev Llywelyn Williams Labour 1965 by-election Clifford Williams Labour 1970 Jeffrey Thomas Labour 1981 SDP 1983 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1910s
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected; Labour: George DaggarReport of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party, 1939 Conservative:
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1970s
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