Newport West and Islwyn | |
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constituency for the House of Commons | |
Interactive map of the constituency. | |
![]() Location of the constituency within Wales | |
Electorate | 76,234 (March 2020) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Ruth Jones (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Newport West, South Wales East |
Newport West and Islwyn (Welsh : Gorllewin Casnewydd ac Islwyn) is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.
The constituency comprises the following areas: [2] [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ruth Jones | 17,409 | 41.5 | −0.3 | |
Reform UK | Paul Taylor | 8,541 | 20.4 | +11.5 | |
Conservative | Nick Jones | 6,710 | 16.0 | −21.7 | |
Plaid Cymru | Brandon Ham | 3,529 | 8.4 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Hamilton | 2,087 | 5.0 | −0.1 | |
Green | Kerry Vosper | 2,078 | 5.0 | +3.0 | |
Independent | George Etheridge | 1,597 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 8,868 | 21.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 41,951 | 55.4 | −8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 75,781 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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