Newport West | |
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County constituency | |
for the House of Commons | |
Boundary of Newport West in Wales. |
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Preserved county | Gwent |
Electorate | 63,056 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Paul Flynn (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Newport |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | South Wales East |
European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Newport West (Welsh: Gorllewin Casnewydd) is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. The current MP is Paul Flynn of the Labour Party, first elected at the 1987 general election.
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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.
Newport West was created when the former Newport constituency was split into two seats in 1983.
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | Mark Robinson | Conservative | |
1987 | Paul Flynn | Labour |
The Newport Constituencies Election Debates website provides information on debates and hustings events across both Newport constituencies in the lead up to the UK General Election on May 6, 2010. Details of Newport West debates can be found here.
General Election 2010: Newport West [3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Flynn | 16,389 | 41.3 | -3.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew Williams | 12,845 | 32.3 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Veronica German | 6,587 | 16.6 | -1.3 | |
BNP | Timothy Windsor | 1,183 | 3.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Hugh Moelwyn Hughes | 1,144 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Jeff Rees | 1,122 | 2.8 | -0.8 | |
Green | Pippa Bartolotti | 450 | 1.1 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 3,544 | 8.9 | |||
Turnout | 39,720 | 64.8 | +5.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 |
General Election 2005: Newport West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Flynn | 16,021 | 44.8 | -7.9 | |
Conservative | William Morgan | 10,563 | 29.6 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | Nigel Flanagan | 6,398 | 17.9 | +6.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Anthony Salkeld | 1,278 | 3.6 | -3.6 | |
UKIP | Hugh Moelwyn Hughes | 848 | 2.4 | +1.0 | |
Green | Peter Varley | 540 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Saeid Arjomand | 84 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 5,458 | 15.3 | -11.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,732 | 59.3 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.6 |
General Election 2001: Newport West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Flynn | 18,489 | 52.7 | -7.8 | |
Conservative | Bill Morgan | 9,185 | 26.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Veronica Watkins | 4,095 | 11.7 | +2.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Anthony Salkeld | 2,510 | 7.2 | +5.5 | |
UKIP | Hugh Moelwyn Hughes | 506 | 1.4 | +0.6 | |
BNP | Terrance Cavill | 278 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,304 | 26.5 | -9.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,063 | 59.1 | -15.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1997: Newport West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Flynn | 24,331 | 60.5 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Clarke | 9,794 | 24.4 | -11.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stanley Wilson | 3,907 | 9.7 | +0.2 | |
Referendum Party | C Thompsett | 1,199 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | H Jackson | 648 | 1.6 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Hugh Moelwyn Hughes | 323 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,357 | 36.1 | +18.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,202 | 74.6 | -8.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1992: Newport West[4] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Flynn | 24,139 | 53.1 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Taylor | 16,360 | 36.0 | -4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Toye | 3,907 | 9.5 | -3.5 | |
Plaid Cymru | Peter Keelan | 653 | 1.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 7,770 | 17.1 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,059 | 82.8 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
General Election 1987: Newport West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Paul Flynn | 20,887 | 46.1 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Robinson | 18,179 | 40.1 | +2.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | G.W. Roddick | 5,903 | 13.0 | -11.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | D.J. Bevan | 377 | 0.8 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 2,708 | 6.0 | +4.6 | ||
Turnout | 45,346 | 81.8 | +4.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
General Election 1983: Newport West | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Mark Robinson | 15,948 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Brian Davies | 15,367 | 36.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrat | W.R.D. Jones | 10,163 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | D.R. Watkins | 477 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 581 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,955 | 77.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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