Northern Monmouthshire | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Monmouth and Pontypool |
Created from | Monmouthshire |
Northern Monmouthshire was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1918 general election.
The constituency comprised the Petty Sessional Divisions of:
On abolition by the Representation of the People Act 1918, the area of the constituency was included in the Monmouth and Pontypool constituencies.
General Election 1914/15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;