Newport East | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Preserved county | Gwent |
Electorate | 55,224 (December 2010) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Jessica Morden (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Newport and Monmouth [2] |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Newport 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 2024 United Kingdom general election. [3]
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, Llanwern, Lliswerry, Ringland, St Julians, and Victoria, and the Borough of Monmouth wards of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Magor with Undy, Rogiet, Severn, and West End.
2010–2024: The Newport County Borough electoral divisions of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Llanwern, Lliswerry, 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.
2024–present: The Newport City Council electoral wards of Alway, Beechwood, Bettws, Bishton & Langstone, Caerleon, Llanwern, Lliswerry, Malpas, Pillgwenlly, Ringland, St Julians, Stow Hill and Victoria.
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.
Election | Member [4] | Party | |
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1983 | Roy Hughes | Labour | |
1997 | Alan Howarth | ||
2005 | Jessica Morden |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Pippa Bartolotti | ||||
Conservative | Rachel Buckler | ||||
Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Clark | ||||
Heritage | Mike Ford | ||||
Green | Lauren James | ||||
Liberal Democrats | John Miller | ||||
Labour | Jessica Morden | ||||
Reform UK | Tommy Short | ||||
Rejected ballots | |||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 [15] | 1,231 | 3.5 | +1.4 | |
Green | David Mclean [16] | 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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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) |
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