Newport East (UK Parliament constituency)
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Newport East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Newport East in Wales.
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Preserved county | Gwent |
Electorate | 55,224 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | Jessica Morden (Labour) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Newport |
Overlaps | |
Welsh Assembly | South Wales East |
European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Newport East (Welsh: Dwyrain 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.
Contents
Boundaries
The constituency comprises the electoral divisions of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Liswerry, Llanwern, Ringland, St. Julians and Victoria in the city of Newport, plus the electoral divisions of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Green Lane, Mill, Rogiet, Severn, The Elms and West End from the principal area of Monmouthshire. The western boundary is formed by the River Usk, the northern boundary by the city boundary, the southern boundary by the Bristol Channel and the eastern boundary by the end of the built-up area of Caldicot.
History
Newport East was created when the former Newport borough constituency was split into two divisions in 1983. It also included some rural areas formerly part of Monmouth county constituency. There have been only minor boundary changes since the constituency was created.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | Roy Hughes | Labour | |
1997 | Alan Howarth | Labour | |
2005 | Jessica Morden | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jessica Morden | 14,290 | 40.7 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Natasha Asghar[7] | 9,585 | 27.3 | +4.3 | |
UKIP | David Stock[8] | 6,466 | 18.4 | +16.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Paul Halliday | 2,251 | 6.4 | -25.8 | |
Plaid Cymru | Tony Salkeld [9][10] | 1,231 | 3.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | David Mclean[11] | 887 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Shangara Singh Bhatoe | 398 | 1.1 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 4,705 | 13.4 | +8.6 | ||
Turnout | 35,108 | 62.7 | -0.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jessica Morden | 12,744 | 37.0 | −8.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ed Townsend | 11,094 | 32.2 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Dawn Parry | 7,918 | 23.0 | −0.5 | |
BNP | Keith Jones | 1,168 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Fiona Cross | 724 | 2.1 | −1.7 | |
UKIP | David Rowlands | 677 | 2.0 | −1.0 | |
Socialist Labour | Miss Elizabeth Anne Screen | 123 | 0.4 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 1,650 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 34,448 | 63.6 | +5.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −8.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jessica Morden | 14,389 | 45.2 | −9.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ed Townsend | 7,551 | 23.7 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Matthew Collings | 7,459 | 23.4 | +0.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Mohammad Asghar | 1,221 | 3.8 | −1.1 | |
UKIP | Roger Thomas | 945 | 3.0 | +1.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Miss Elizabeth Anne Screen | 260 | 0.8 | −0.5 | |
Majority | 6,838 | 21.5 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,825 | 57.9 | +3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −9.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Howarth | 17,120 | 54.7 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Ian Oakley | 7,246 | 23.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alistair Ronald Cameron | 4,394 | 14.0 | +3.6 | |
Plaid Cymru | Madoc Robert Batcup | 1,519 | 4.9 | +2.9 | |
Socialist Labour | Miss Elizabeth Anne Screen | 420 | 1.3 | −3.9 | |
UKIP | Neal John Reynolds | 410 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Communist | Robert David Griffiths | 173 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,874 | 31.5 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 31,282 | 54.7 | −18.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Howarth | 21,481 | 57.7 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | David M. Evans | 7,958 | 21.4 | −10.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alistair Ronald Cameron | 3,880 | 10.4 | −1.5 | |
Socialist Labour | Arthur Scargill | 1,951 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Referendum | Garth Davis | 1,267 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Christopher K. Holland | 721 | 1.9 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 13,523 | 36.3 | +7.3 | ||
Turnout | 37,258 | 73.1 | −7.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Royston John Hughes | 23,050 | 55.0 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Mrs Angela A. Emmett | 13,151 | 31.4 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | William A. Oliver | 4,991 | 11.9 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru (Green) | Stephen M. Ainley | 716 | 1.7 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 9,899 | 23.6 | +6.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,908 | 81.2 | +0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Royston John Hughes | 20,518 | 49.1 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Graham Robert Webster-Gardiner | 13,454 | 32.2 | −0.9 | |
Social Democratic | Mrs Frances Ann David | 7,383 | 17.7 | −7.9 | |
Plaid Cymru | Gareth Butler | 458 | 1.1 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 7,064 | 16.9 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,813 | 79.9 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Royston John Hughes | 15,931 | 39.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Kenneth Roy Thomason | 13,301 | 33.1 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Mrs Frances Ann David | 10,293 | 25.6 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | D. J. Thomas | 697 | 1.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,630 | 6.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,222 | 76.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
See also
Notes and references
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- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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- ↑ total electorate 56,015 email from Newport City Council 4Sep15
- ↑ Newport East Newport City Council - Newport East candidates
- ↑ Newport East BBC Election - Newport East
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- ↑ http://ukipWales.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/24/david-Stock-for-newport-east-and-Gordan Norrie-for-newport-west/
- ↑ https://yournextmp.com/person/6434/tony-salkeld
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- ↑ http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/24/david-mclean-for-newport-east-and-pippa-bartolotti-for-newport-west/
- ↑ Newport East Newport City Council - Newport East candidates
- ↑ Newport East BBC Election - Newport East
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