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Monmouthshire
constituency for the House of Commons
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Location of the constituency within Wales
Electorate	72,681 (March 2020)
Major settlements	Abergavenny, Monmouth, Chepstow, Caldicot, Usk
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Catherine Fookes (Labour)
Seats	one
Created from	Monmouth and Newport East
1536–1885
Seats	one
Type of constituency	County constituency
Replaced by	North Monmouthshire, South Monmouthshire, West Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, and was first contested at the 2024 general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies. Its current MP is Catherine Fookes, a member of the Labour.

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.

Boundaries

The Monmouthshire constituency covered the county of Monmouth, except that from 1832 there was a borough constituency, Monmouth Boroughs, within the county.

The constituency was 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 2024 general election.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1542–1885

MPs 1654–1660

MPs 1660–1885

MPs since 2024

Monmouth and Newport East prior to 2024

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1870s

Somerset was appointed Comptroller of the Household, triggering a by-election.

Somerset resigned, triggering a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1850s

Somerset resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, triggering a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Somerset's death caused a by-election.

Somerset was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, triggering a by-election.

Williams resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, triggering a by-election

Elections in the 1830s

References

1. Mrs Justice Jefford; Thomas, Huw Vaughan; Hartley, Sam A (June 2023). "Appendix 1: Recommended Constituencies" (PDF). The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. Cardiff: Boundary Commission for Wales. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-5286-3901-9. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
2. 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies – The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
3. ^ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 30 August 2011.
4. ^ "History of Parliament". Retrieved 30 August 2011.
5. ^ Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) . Craig, F. W. S. (ed.). The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 217–218. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
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7. "Election of the Member of Parliament for the Monmouthshire Constituency – Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Monmouthshire County Council. 7 June 2024.
8. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 528–529. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
9. "The Liberal Candidates for Monmouthshire". South Wales Daily News. 22 August 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 21 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. ^ Escott, Margaret. "Monmouthshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

External links

• Browne Willis (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Or, An History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs in England and Wales: ... The Whole Extracted from Mss. and Printed Evidences ... R. Gosling.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)
• W R Williams Parliamentary History of the Principality of Wales
• Monmouthshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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• Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1536
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885
• Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2024
• Politics of Monmouthshire
• History of Monmouthshire