Newport East
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Newport East in Wales
Preserved countyGwent
Electorate55,224 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created1983
Member of ParliamentJessica Morden (Labour)
SeatsOne
Created fromNewport and Monmouth[2]
Overlaps
SeneddNewport East, South Wales East

Newport East (Welsh: Dwyrain Casnewydd) is a constituency[n 1] in the city of Newport, South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Jessica Morden of the Labour Party.[n 2]

The constituency is to retain its name but its boundaries altered, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election.[3]

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Newport wards 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 18 to 20, and the District of Monmouth wards 14 and 15.

1997–2010: The Borough of Newport wards of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Liswerry, Llanwern, Ringland, St Julian's, and Victoria, and the Borough of Monmouth wards of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Magor with Undy, Rogiet, Severn, and West End.

2010–present: The Newport County Borough electoral divisions of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Liswerry, Llanwern, Ringland, St Julian's, and Victoria, and the Monmouthshire County electoral divisions of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Green Lane, Mill, Rogiet, Severn, The Elms, and West End.

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, and unlike the neighbouring Newport West, has remained Labour since its creation.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[4]Party
1983 Roy Hughes Labour
1997 Alan Howarth
2005 Jessica Morden

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Newport East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Hughes 15,931 39.6 N/A
Conservative Roy Thomason 13,301 33.1 N/A
SDP Frances David 10,293 25.6 N/A
Plaid Cymru David Thomas 697 1.7 N/A
Majority 2,630 6.5 N/A
Turnout 40,222 76.6 N/A
Registered electors 52,503
Labour win (new seat)
General election 1987: Newport East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Hughes 20,518 49.1 +9.5
Conservative Graham Webster-Gardiner 13,454 32.2 −0.9
SDP Frances 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
Registered electors 52,199
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Newport East[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Hughes 23,050 55.0 +5.9
Conservative Angela A. Emmett 13,151 31.4 −0.8
Liberal Democrats William A. Oliver 4,991 11.9 -5.8
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
Registered electors 51,603
Labour hold Swing
General election 1997: Newport East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Howarth 21,481 57.7 +2.7
Conservative David Evans 7,958 21.4 −10.0
Liberal Democrats Alistair Cameron 3,880 10.4 −1.5
Socialist Labour Arthur Scargill 1,951 5.2 N/A
Referendum Edward Chaney-Davis 1,267 3.4 N/A
Plaid Cymru Christopher Holland 721 1.9 +0.2
Majority 13,523 36.3 +12.7
Turnout 37,258 73.1 −7.9
Registered electors 50,676
Labour hold Swing +6.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Newport East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Howarth 17,120 54.7 -3.0
Conservative Ian Oakley 7,246 23.2 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Alistair Cameron 4,394 14.0 +3.6
Plaid Cymru Madoc Batcup 1,519 4.9 +3.0
Socialist Labour Elizabeth Screen 420 1.3 -3.9
UKIP Neal Reynolds 410 1.3 N/A
Communist Robert Griffiths 173 0.6 N/A
Majority 9,874 31.5 -4.8
Turnout 31,282 54.7 -18.4
Registered electors 57,219
Labour hold Swing -2.4
General election 2005: Newport East[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessica Morden 14,389 45.2 -9.5
Liberal Democrats 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 Elizabeth Screen 260 0.8 -0.5
Majority 6,838 21.5 -10.0
Turnout 31,825 57.9 +3.2
Registered electors 54,941
Labour hold Swing -9.6

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Newport East[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessica Morden 12,744 37.0 -8.2
Liberal Democrats Ed Townsend 11,094 32.2 +8.5
Conservative Dawn Parry 7,918 23.0 -0.4
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 Elizabeth Screen 123 0.4 -0.4
Majority 1,650 4.8 -16.7
Turnout 34,448 63.6 +5.7
Registered electors 54,437
Labour hold Swing -8.3
General election 2015: Newport East[13][14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessica Morden 14,290 40.7 +3.7
Conservative Natasha Asghar 9,585 27.3 +4.3
UKIP David Stock 6,466 18.4 +16.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Halliday 2,251 6.4 -25.8
Plaid Cymru Tony Salkeld[16] 1,231 3.5 +1.4
Green David Mclean[17] 887 2.5 N/A
Socialist Labour Shangara Singh Bhatoe 398 1.1 +0.7
Majority 4,705 13.4 +8.6
Turnout 35,108 62.7 -0.9
Registered electors 56,015
Labour hold Swing -0.3
General election 2017: Newport East[18][19][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessica Morden 20,804 56.5 +15.8
Conservative Natasha Asghar 12,801 34.8 +7.5
UKIP Ian Gorman 1,180 3.2 −15.2
Liberal Democrats Pete Brown 966 2.6 −3.8
Plaid Cymru Cameron Wixcey 881 2.4 −1.1
Independent Nadeem Ahmed 188 0.5 N/A
Rejected ballots 68
Majority 8,003 21.7 +8.3
Turnout 36,820 64.3 +1.6
Registered electors 57,211
Labour hold Swing +4.2

Of the 68 rejected ballots:

  • 34 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[20]
  • 19 voted for more than one candidate.[20]
  • 15 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.[20]
General election 2019: Newport East[21][22][23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jessica Morden 16,125 44.4 −12.1
Conservative Mark Brown 14,133 39.0 +4.2
Brexit Party Julie Price 2,454 6.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Hamilton 2,121 5.8 +3.2
Plaid Cymru Cameron Wixcey 872 2.4 ±0.0
Green Peter Varley 577 1.6 N/A
Rejected ballots 80
Majority 1,992 5.4 −15.7
Turnout 36,282 62.0 −2.3
Registered electors 58,554
Labour hold Swing −8.2

Of the 80 rejected ballots:

  • 61 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.[23]
  • 19 voted for more than one candidate.[23]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

  1. ↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS - Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "'Newport East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. ↑ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies - The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  5. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  9. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Newport East Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  15. ↑ "Newport East Results". UK Parliamentary Elections May 2015 results. Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  16. ↑ "Under-fire Newport Ukip candidate faces calls to stand down". South Wales Argus. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  17. ↑ "David Mclean for Newport East and Pippa Bartolotti for Newport West". wales.greenparty.org.uk. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  18. ↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll: Election of a Member of Parliament: Newport East Constituency" (PDF). Newport City Council. 11 May 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  19. ↑ "Newport East Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "2017 Results". Newport City Council. Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  21. ↑ "Notice of poll; Parliamentary Election for the Newport East Constituency" (PDF).
  22. ↑ "Newport West Parliamentary constituency". Election 2019 Results. BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  23. 1 2 3 "Election-Results/General-Election-2019". Newport City Council. Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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