Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918–1983 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Newport was a borough constituency in Monmouthshire from 1918 to 1983. 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.
Newport | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1918–1983 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Monmouth Boroughs and South Monmouthshire |
Replaced by | Newport East and Newport West |
The constituency 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.