Pontypool (UK Parliament constituency)

Pontypool
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1918–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Torfaen
Created from	North Monmouthshire and South Monmouthshire

Pontypool was a county constituency in the town of Pontypool in Monmouthshire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and was replaced with Torfaen for the 1983 general election. This was to correspond with the name and area of the Torfaen local authority created in 1974. The Torfaen constituency contained the whole of the old Pontypool seat, adding just 247 electors from Monmouth.

1918-1949: The Urban Districts of Abersychan, Blaenavon, Llanfrechfa Upper, Llantarnam, Panteg, and Pontypool.

1950-1983: The Urban Districts of Blaenavon, Cwmbran, and Pontypool.

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