Abertillery (UK Parliament constituency)

Abertillery (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Abertillery
Type = County
Year = 1918
Abolition = 1983
members = one

Abertillery was a county constituency centred on the town of Abertillery in Wales. 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 of election.

The constituency was created for the 1918 general election, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the urban districts of Abercarn, Abertillery and Nantyglo and Blaina. [Schedule 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5 c.64)]

Members of Parliament

Elections

References

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