Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newport West
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
NewportWest2007Constituency.svg
Boundary of Newport West in Wales
Electorate 63,056 (December 2010) [1]
1983–2024
SeatsOne
Created from Newport and Monmouth [2]
Replaced by Newport East
Newport West and Islwyn
Senedd Newport West, South Wales East

Newport West (Welsh : Gorllewin Casnewydd) was one of two parliamentary constituencies for the city of Newport, South Wales, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. Paul Flynn, of the Labour Party, was the MP from the 1987 general election until his death on 17 February 2019. [3] Consequently, a by-election was held in the constituency on Thursday 4 April 2019 and Ruth Jones of the Labour Party was elected.

Contents

The constituency was abolished 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. Its wards were split between the existing Newport East constituency and a new constituency named Newport West and Islwyn. [4]

Boundaries

Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 1983–2024

The constituency comprised 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 were formed by the city boundary, the eastern boundary by the River Usk, and the southern boundary by the Bristol Channel.

History

Newport West was created when the former Newport constituency was split into two seats in 1983. The seat was won on a narrow three-figure majority by the Conservatives. However, Paul Flynn gained the seat for the Labour Party in 1987 and held it until his death in 2019.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [5] Party
1983 Mark Robinson Conservative
1987 Paul Flynn Labour
2019 by-election Ruth Jones Labour
2024 Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1983: Newport West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Robinson 15,948 38.0 N/A
Labour Bryan Davies 15,36736.6N/A
Liberal Whitney Jones10,16324.2N/A
Plaid Cymru Denis Watkins4771.2N/A
Majority 5811.4N/A
Turnout 41,95577.5N/A
Registered electors 54,125
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: Newport West [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flynn 20,887 46.1 +9.5
Conservative Mark Robinson 18,17940.1+2.1
Liberal Winston Roddick 5,90313.0−11.2
Plaid Cymru Digby Bevan3770.8−0.4
Majority 2,7086.0N/A
Turnout 45,34681.8+4.3
Registered electors 55,455
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1992: Newport West [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flynn 24,139 53.1 +7.0
Conservative Andrew Taylor16,36036.0−4.1
Liberal Democrats John Toye4,2969.5−3.5
Plaid Cymru (Green)Peter Keelan6531.4+0.6
Majority 7,77017.1+11.1
Turnout 45,05982.8+1.0
Registered electors 54,871
Labour hold Swing +5.6
General election 1997: Newport West [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flynn 24,331 60.5 +7.4
Conservative Peter Clarke9,79424.4−11.6
Liberal Democrats Stanley Wilson3,9079.7+0.2
Referendum Andrew Thompsett1,1993.0N/A
Plaid Cymru Huw Jackson6481.6+0.2
UKIP Hugh Hughes3230.8N/A
Majority 14,35736.1+19.0
Turnout 40,20274.6−8.2
Registered electors 53,914
Labour hold Swing +9.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2001: Newport West [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flynn 18,489 52.7 −7.8
Conservative William Morgan9,18526.2+1.8
Liberal Democrats Veronica Watkins 4,09511.7+2.0
Plaid Cymru Anthony Salkeld2,5107.2+5.6
UKIP Hugh Hughes5061.4+0.6
BNP Terrance Cavill2780.8N/A
Majority 9,30426.5−9.6
Turnout 35,06359.1−15.5
Registered electors 59,345
Labour hold Swing -4.8
General election 2005: Newport West [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flynn 16,021 44.8 −7.9
Conservative William Morgan10,56329.6+3.4
Liberal Democrats Nigel Flanagan6,39817.9+6.2
Plaid Cymru Anthony Salkeld1,2783.6−3.6
UKIP Hugh Hughes8482.4+1.0
Green Peter Varley5401.5N/A
Independent Saeid Arjomand840.2N/A
Majority 5,45815.2−11.3
Turnout 35,73259.3+0.2
Registered electors 60,303
Labour hold Swing -5.6

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2010: Newport West [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flynn 16,389 41.3 −3.5
Conservative Matthew Williams12,84532.3+2.7
Liberal Democrats Veronica German 6,58716.6−1.3
BNP Timothy Windsor1,1833.0N/A
UKIP Hugh Hughes1,1442.9+0.5
Plaid Cymru Jeff Rees1,1222.8−0.8
Green Pippa Bartolotti4501.1−0.4
Majority 3,5449.0−6.2
Turnout 39,72064.8+5.5
Registered electors 62,111
Labour hold Swing -3.2
General election 2015: Newport West [14] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flynn 16,633 41.2 −0.1
Conservative Nick Webb13,12332.5+0.2
UKIP Gordon Norrie6,13415.2+12.3
Plaid Cymru Simon Coopey1,6044.0+1.2
Liberal Democrats Ed Townsend1,5813.9−12.7
Green Pippa Bartolotti1,2723.2+2.1
Majority 3,5108.7−0.3
Turnout 40,34764.9+0.1
Registered electors 62,137
Labour hold Swing −0.1
General election 2017: Newport West [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Flynn [19] 22,723 52.3 +11.1
Conservative Angela Jones-Evans [20] [19] 17,06539.3+6.8
UKIP Stan Edwards1,1002.5−12.7
Plaid Cymru Morgan Bowler-Brown [19] 1,0772.5−1.5
Liberal Democrats Sarah Lockyer9762.2−1.7
Green Pippa Bartolotti [21] 4971.1−2.1
Rejected ballots82
Majority 5,65813.0+4.3
Turnout 43,43867.5+2.6
Registered electors 64,399
Labour hold Swing +2.2

Of the 82 rejected ballots:

2019 Newport West by-election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Jones 9,308 39.6 −12.7
Conservative Matthew Evans7,35731.3−8.0
UKIP Neil Hamilton 2,0238.6+6.1
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clark1,1855.0+2.5
Liberal Democrats Ryan Jones1,0884.6+2.4
Green Amelia Womack 9243.9+2.8
Renew June Davies8793.7N/A
Abolish Richard Suchorzewski2050.9N/A
SDP Ian McLean2020.9N/A
Democrats and Veterans Philip Taylor1850.8N/A
For Britain Hugh Nicklin1590.7N/A
Rejected ballots100
Majority 1,9518.2−4.8
Turnout 23,61537.1−30.4
Registered electors 63,623
Labour hold Swing −2.4

Of the 100 rejected ballots:

General election 2019: Newport West [23] [24] [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Jones 18,977 43.7 −8.6
Conservative Matthew Evans18,07541.6+2.3
Liberal Democrats Ryan Jones2,5655.9+3.7
Brexit Party Cameron Edwards1,7274.0N/A
Plaid Cymru Jonathan Clark1,1872.7+0.2
Green Amelia Womack 9022.1+1.0
Rejected ballots130
Majority 9022.1−10.9
Turnout 43,43365.2−2.3
Registered electors 66,657
Labour hold Swing −5.5

Of the 130 rejected ballots:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Beyond 20/20 WDS – Table view". 2011 Electorate Figures. StatsWales. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "'Newport West', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Veteran Labour MP Paul Flynn dies aged 84". 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. ↑ 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies – The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales (PDF). Boundary Commission for Wales. 28 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  6. ↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  13. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. ↑ "Newport West Parliamentary constituency". Election 2015 Results. BBC. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  16. ↑ "Newport West Results". UK Parliamentary Elections May 2015 results. Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  17. ↑ "Newport West Parliamentary constituency". Election 2017 Results. BBC . Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "2017 Results". Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  19. 1 2 3 "Election candidate 'imposition' upsets Bridgend Tories". BBC News. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  20. ↑ "Norfolk North and Penistone & Stocksbridge choose their candidates. Latest selection news. – Conservative Home". conservativehome.com. 2 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  21. ↑ Wales Green Party
  22. 1 2 3 4 "Newport West By-election results | Newport City Council". www.newport.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  23. ↑ "General Election 2019" (PDF). Newport City Council. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  24. ↑ "Newport West parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  25. 1 2 3 4 "Election-Results/General-Election-2019". Newport City Council. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

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