Newport East (Senedd constituency)

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Newport East
Dwyrain Casnewydd
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
NewportEast2007Constituency.svg
Newport East shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created 1999
Party Welsh Labour
MS John Griffiths
Electoral region South Wales East

Newport East (Welsh : Dwyrain Casnewydd) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Contents

Boundaries

Newport East (Senedd constituency)
Map of current boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the same boundaries as the Newport East (UK Parliament constituency).

The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport West and Torfaen.

Voting

In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

Members of the Senedd

ElectionMemberPartyPortrait
1999 John Griffiths Labour John Griffiths AM (27889494760).jpg

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Newport East [1]
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour John Griffiths [a] 10,89947.4+2.89,68741.7+1.1
Conservative Gareth Hughes7,31531.8+13.67,07130.4+11.4
Plaid Cymru Daniel Llewelyn1,8448.0+1.32,0428.8+1.1
Liberal Democrats Mike Hamilton1,5746.6-0.61,2575.4-0.5
Abolish Robert Steed6602.9New8993.9+0.1
UKIP Benjamin Walker3681.6-19.34411.9-17.8
Reform UK David Rowlands [b] 3281.4New2981.3New
Green 1,0594.6+2.4
No More Lockdowns1680.7New
Gwlad 1340.6New
Propel 920.4New
Communist 450.2±0.0
TUSC 370.2-0.1
Majority 3,58415.6−8.1
Turnout 22,988
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency
  2. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Regional Ballot void votes: 175. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (70), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (105)

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Newport East
PartyCandidateConstituency [2] Regional [3]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour John Griffiths 9,22944.6-6.28,39240.6-3.8
UKIP James Peterson4,33320.9New4,08119.7+13.8
Conservative Munawar Mughal3,76818.2-4.93,91919.0-2.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Halliday1,4817.2-11.81,2135.9-6.3
Plaid Cymru Anthony Salkeld1,3866.7-0.31,5897.7+1.5
Green Peter Varley4912.4New4512.2+0.3
Abolish 7833.8New
Monster Raving Loony 1090.5New
TUSC 530.3New
Communist 450.20.0
National Front 440.2New
Majority 4,89623.7−4.0
Turnout 20,68837.2+1.7
Labour hold Swing -13.6
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Newport East
PartyCandidateConstituency [4] Regional [5]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Co-op John Griffiths 9,88850.8+18.78,69144.4+13.7
Conservative Nick Webb4,50023.1+0.44,22621.6-0.1
Liberal Democrats Ed Townsend3,70319.0-8.72,39812.2-10.6
Plaid Cymru Chris Paul1,3697.0-1.51,2096.2-2.4
UKIP 1,1555.9+2.4
BNP 6043.1-0.3
Socialist Labour 3982.0+0.6
Green 3671.9-0.3
English Democrat 2911.5New
Welsh Christian 2091.1+0.2
Communist 480.2-2.1
Majority 5,38827.7+23.3
Turnout 19,46035.5−2.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 157 [6]

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Newport East
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [7]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Co-op John Griffiths 6,39532.1-12.66,08530.7-9.4
Liberal Democrats Ed Townsend5,52027.7+11.54,52722.8+7.5
Conservative Peter Fox 4,51222.7-1.64,29921.7-0.7
Plaid Cymru Trefor Puw1,6968.5-0.61,7078.6+0.1
Independent James Harris1,3546.8New
English Democrat Michael Blundell4292.2New2581.3New
UKIP 6963.5-0.5
BNP 6763.4+0.2
Communist 4552.3New
Green 4352.2-1.1
Socialist Labour 2781.4-0.9
Independent - Colin Hobbs1780.9New
Welsh Christian Party 1730.9New
CPA 590.3New
Majority 8754.4−16.0
Turnout 19,90637.5+7.1
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Newport East
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional [8]
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Co-op John Griffiths 7,62144.7-4.76,96940.1-3.4
Conservative Matthew Evans4,15724.3+1.53,89422.4+0.1
Liberal Democrats Ed Townsend2,76816.2+2.22,65015.3+0.6
Plaid Cymru Mohammad Asghar 1,5559.1-4.71,4708.5-5.9
UKIP Neal J. Reynolds9875.8New6864.0New
Green 5673.3Unknown
BNP 5633.2New
Socialist Labour 4042.3Unknown
Cymru Annibynnol800.5New
ProLife Alliance 760.4New
Majority 3,48420.4−6.2
Turnout 17,21230.4−5.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing -3.2

2003 Electorate: 56,563
Regional ballots rejected: 239

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Newport East
PartyCandidateConstituencyRegional
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Co-op John Griffiths 9,49749.4N/A8,31943.5N/A
Conservative Mark A. Major4,36822.8N/A4,27822.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Alistair Cameron2,68414.0N/A2,81514.7N/A
Plaid Cymru Christopher K. Holland2,64713.8N/A2,75014.4N/A
United SocialistUnknownUnknownN/A
Others9835.1N/A
Majority 5,12926.6N/A
Turnout 19,21435.4N/A
Labour Co-op win (new seat)

See also

  1. ↑ Newport East Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. ↑ "Wales elections > Newport East". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wales elections > Newport East". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. ↑ "2007 Assembly Election Results (updated) July 2007(Page 78 of the PDF / Page 72 of booklet)" (PDF). National Assembly for Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  8. ↑ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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