Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)
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Newport West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Newport West in Wales.
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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.
Contents
Boundaries
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.
History
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Newport West was created when the former Newport constituency was split into two seats in 1983.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[2] | Party | |
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1983 | Mark Robinson | Conservative | |
1987 | Paul Flynn | Labour |
Elections
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Phillip Flynn[5] | 16,633 | 41.2 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Nick Webb | 13,123 | 32.5 | +0.2 | |
UKIP | Gordon Norrie[6] | 6,134 | 15.2 | +12.3 | |
Plaid Cymru | Simon Coopey[7] | 1,604 | 4.0 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ed Townsend | 1,581 | 3.9 | −12.7 | |
Green | Pippa Bartolotti | 1,272 | 3.2 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 3,510 | 8.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,347 | 64.9 | 0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Phillip 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 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Phillip 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 | N/A | |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Phillip Flynn | 18,489 | 52.7 | −7.8 | |
Conservative | Dr. William John Morgan | 9,185 | 26.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Veronica Watkins | 4,095 | 11.7 | +2.0 | |
Plaid Cymru | Anthony Michael 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 | −4.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Phillip Flynn | 24,331 | 60.5 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Peter D. Clarke | 9,794 | 24.4 | −11.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Stanley W. Wilson | 3,907 | 9.7 | +0.2 | |
Referendum | Colin Thompsett | 1,199 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Huw V. 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 | +9.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Phillip Flynn | 24,139 | 53.1 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew R. Taylor | 16,360 | 36.0 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Toye | 3,907 | 9.5 | −3.5 | |
Plaid Cymru (Green) | Peter J. Keelan | 653 | 1.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 7,770 | 17.1 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,059 | 82.8 | +1.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Phillip Flynn | 20,887 | 46.1 | +9.5 | |
Conservative | Mark Noel Foster Robinson | 18,179 | 40.1 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | George Winston Roddick | 5,903 | 13.0 | −11.2 | |
Plaid Cymru | Digby John 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 | +3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Noel Foster Robinson | 15,948 | 38.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Bryan Davies | 15,367 | 36.6 | N/A | |
Liberal | Whitney R.D. Jones | 10,163 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Plaid Cymru | Denis R. Watkins | 477 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 581 | 1.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,955 | 77.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative 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]
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ total electorate 62,137 email from Newport City Council 4Sep15
- ↑ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ann-clwyd-veteran-labour-mp-7490790
- ↑ https://yournextmp.com/constituency/66099/
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Newport West, Newport City Council - Newport West candidates
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- Parliamentary constituencies in South Wales
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