Newport West (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

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Newport West

Welsh Assembly county constituency
Newport East shown as one of the 40 Welsh Assembly constituencies
Created:	1999
Electoral region:	South Wales East
AM:	Rosemary Butler
Party:	Labour
Preserved county:	Gwent

Newport West 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 West 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 East 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 West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Butler	9,582	40.5	-6.4
	Conservative	Matthew Evans	8,181	34.6	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Flanagan	2,813	11.9	+2.1
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	2,449	10.4	+2.5
	English Democrats	Andrew Constantine	634	2.7	N/A
Majority			1,401	5.9	-11.6
Turnout			23,659	40.1	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.8

Welsh Assembly election 2003: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Butler	10,053	46.9	-0.7
	Conservative	William Graham	6,301	29.4	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Phylip Hobson	2,094	9.8	-1.9
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Salkeld	1,678	7.8	-4.8
	Socialist Alliance	Andrew Constantine	198	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,752	17.5	-1.9
Turnout			21,617	34.6	-7.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly election 1999: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Butler	11,538	47.6	N/A
	Conservative	William Graham	6,828	28.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Bob Vickery	3,053	12.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Veronica Watkins	2,820	11.6	N/A
Majority			4,710	19.4	N/A
Turnout			24,239	42.3	N/A
	Labour win		(new constituency)