Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)

Newport West County constituency

Newport West shown within Wales
Created:	1983
MP:	Paul Flynn
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Gwent
EP constituency:	Wales

Newport West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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The constituency comprises the electoral divisions of Allt-yr-yn, Bettws, Caerleon, Gaer, Graig, Malpas, Marshfield, Pillgwenlly, Rogerstone, Shaftesbury, Stow Hill and Tredegar Park in the city of Newport. The western and northern boundaries are formed by the city boundary, the eastern boundary by the River Usk, and the southern boundary by the Bristol Channel.

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Newport West was created when the former Newport constituency was split into two divisions in 1983.

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Mark Robinson	Conservative
	1987	Paul Flynn	Labour

General Election 2005: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Flynn	16,021	44.8	-7.9
	Conservative	William Morgan	10,563	29.6	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Flanagan	6,398	17.9	+6.2
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Salkeld	1,278	3.6	-3.6
	UK Independence	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	848	2.4	+1.0
	Green	Peter Varley	540	1.5	+1.5
	Independent (politician)	Saeid Arjomand	84	0.2	+0.2
Majority			5,458	15.3
Turnout			35,732	59.3	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.6

General Election 2001: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Flynn	18,489	52.7	-7.8
	Conservative	Bill Morgan	9,185	26.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Watkins	4,095	11.7	+2.0
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Salkeld	2,510	7.2	+5.5
	UK Independence	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	506	1.4	+0.6
	British National	Terrance Cavill	278	0.8	N/A
Majority			9,304	26.5
Turnout			35,063	59.1	-15.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Constituencies in Wales
Labour	Aberavon \| Alyn and Deeside \| Bridgend \| Caerphilly \| Cardiff North \| Cardiff South and Penarth \| Cardiff West \| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire \| Clwyd South \| Conwy \| Cynon Valley \| Delyn \| Gower \| Islwyn \| Llanelli \| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney \| Neath \| Newport East \| Newport West \| Ogmore \| Pontypridd \| Rhondda \| Swansea East \| Swansea West \| Torfaen \| Vale of Clwyd \| Vale of Glamorgan \| Wrexham \| Ynys Môn
Liberal Democrat	Brecon and Radnorshire \| Cardiff Central \| Ceredigion \| Montgomeryshire
Conservative	Clwyd West \| Monmouth \| Preseli Pembrokeshire
Plaid Cymru	Caernarfon \| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr \| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Independent	Blaenau Gwent
Wales European constituency: Labour (2) \| Conservative (1) \| Plaid Cymru (1)