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Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)

For other UK Parliament constituencies of the same name see Newport (UK Parliament constituency).{{UK former constituency infobox|
Name = NewportType = BoroughYear = 1918Abolition = 1983Newport was a UK Parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire from 1918 to 1983. It 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.

Member of Parliament

YearMember! Party
1918Lewis HaslamLiberal
1922Reginald George ClarryConservative
1929James WalkerLabour
1931Sir Reginald George ClarryConservative
1945Ronald McMillan BellConservative
1945Peter FreemanLabour
1956Sir Frank Soskice, later Baron Stow HillLabour
1966Royston John Hughes, later Baron IslwynLabour

Election results

N.B. Haslam was a supporter of the Lloyd George Coalition Government and had official support from the Conservatives as well.

N.B. Clarry was an official Conservative candidate standing on a platform of opposition to the continuation of the Lloyd George Coalition Government. Moore was also opposed to the Coalition but eschewed the division of the Liberal Party between David Lloyd George and Herbert Henry Asquith and called for a reunited Liberal Party.

Sources

*Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
*Craig, F.W.S. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949 (Glasgow; Political Reference Publications, 1969)



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