Newport East (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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Newport East

Welsh Assembly county constituency
Newport East shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	South Wales East
AM:	John Griffiths
Party:	Labour Co-operative
Preserved county:	Gwent

Newport East is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Newport East Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Gwent.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport West and Torfaen.

[edit] Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

[edit] Results

Welsh Assembly election 2007: Newport East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Griffiths	6,395	32.1	-12.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Townsend	5,520	27.7	+11.5
	Conservative	Peter Fox	4,512	22.7	-1.7
	Plaid Cymru	Trefor Puw	1,696	8.5	-0.6
	Independent	James Harris	1,354	6.8	N/A
	English Democrats	Michael Blundell	429	2.2	N/A
Majority			875	4.4	-16.0
Turnout			19,906	37.5	+7.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly election 2003: Newport East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Griffiths	7,621	44.7	-4.8
	Conservative	Matthew Evans	4,157	24.3	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Townsend	2,768	16.2	+2.2
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammad Asghar	1,555	9.1	-4.7
	UK Independence	Neal Reynolds	987	5.8	N/A
Majority			3,484	20.4	-6.2
Turnout			17,212	30.4	-5.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly election 1999: Newport East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Griffiths	9,497	49.4	N/A
	Conservative	Mark Major	4,368	22.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Cameron	2,684	14.0	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Holland	2,647	13.8	N/A
Majority			5,129	26.6	N/A
Turnout			19,214	35.4	N/A
	Labour Co-op win		(new constituency)