These are the election results from United Kingdom general elections based on the electoral regional boundaries used by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), for the Senedd electoral region of South Wales East. Since the 1997 general election, this grouping of constituencies into this unofficial region have elected eight Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
The region is based around the Newport metropolitan area. The boundaries are based on the Senedd electoral region South Wales East. Regions are not used in UK general elections.
South East Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.
| Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Plaid Cymru | Other | |||||||||||
| Blaenau Gwent [1] | Llew Smith 22,855 (72.0%) | Huw Williams 2,383 (7.5%) | Edward Townsend 2,945 (9.3%) | Adam Rykala 3,542 (11.2%) | Llew Smith | ||||||||||
| Caerphilly [2] | Wayne David 22,597 (58.5%) | David Simmonds 4,413 (11.4%) | Rob Roffe 3,469 (9.0%) | Lindsay Whittle 8,172 (21.1%) | Ron Davies† | ||||||||||
| Islwyn [3] | Don Touhig 19,505 (61.5%) | Phillip Howells 2,543 (8.0%) | Kevin Etheridge 4,196 (13.2%) | Leigh Thomas 3,767 (11.9%) |
| Don Touhig | |||||||||
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney [4] | Dai Havard 19,574 (61.8%) | Richard Cuming 2,272 (7.2%) | Keith Rogers 2,385 (7.5%) | Robert Hughes 4,651 (14.7%) |
| Ted Rowlands† | |||||||||
| Monmouth [5] | Huw Edwards 19,021 (42.8%) | Roger Evans 18,637 (41.9%) | Neil Parker 5,080 (11.4%) | Marc Hubbard 1,068 (2.4%) | David Rowlands (UKIP) 656 (1.5%) | Huw Edwards | |||||||||
| Newport East [6] | Alan Howarth 17,120 (54.7%) | Ian Oakley 7,246 (23.2%) | Alistair Cameron 4,394 (14.0%) | Madoc Batcup 1,519 (4.9%) |
| Alan Howarth | |||||||||
| Newport West [7] | Paul Flynn 18,489 (52.7%) | William Morgan 9,185 (26.2%) | Veronica Watkins 4,095 (11.7%) | Anthony Salkeld 2,510 (7.2%) |
| Paul Flynn | |||||||||
| Torfaen [8] | Paul Murphy 21,883 (62.1%) | Jason Evans 5,603 (15.9%) | Alan Masters 3,936 (11.2%) | Stephen Smith 2,720 (7.7%) |
| Paul Murphy | |||||||||
South East Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.
| Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Plaid Cymru | Referendum | Other | |||||||||
| Blaenau Gwent [9] | Llew Smith 31,493 (79.5%) | Margrit A. Williams 2,607 (6.6%) | Geraldine Layton 3,458 (8.7%) | Jim B. Criddle 2,072 (5.2%) | Llew Smith | |||||||||
| Caerphilly [10] | Ron Davies 30,697 (67.3%) | Rhodri Harris 4,858 (10.7%) | Tony D. Ferguson 3,724 (8.2%) | Lindsay Whittle 4,383 (9.7%) | Mark E. Morgan 1,337 (3.0%) | Catherine Williams (PLA) 270 (0.6%) | Ron Davies | |||||||
| Islwyn [11] | Don Touhig 26,995 (74.2%) | David Walters 2,864 (7.9%) | Christopher Worker 3,064 (8.4%) | Darren Jones 2,272 (6.2%) | Susan Monaghan 1,209 (3.3%) | Don Touhig | ||||||||
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney [12] | Ted Rowlands 30,012 (76.7%) | Jonathan Morgan 2,508 (6.4%) | Duncan Anstey 2,926 (7.5%) | Alun Cox 2,344 (6.0%) | Ronald Hutchings 660 (1.7%) | Alan Cowdell (Ind. Lab.) 691 (1.8%) | Ted Rowlands | |||||||
| Monmouth [13] | Huw Edwards 23,404 (47.7%) | Roger Evans 19,226 (39.2%) | Mark Williams 4,689 (9.6%) | Alan Cotton 516 (1.1%) | Timothy Warry 1,190 (2.4%) | Roger Evans | ||||||||
| Newport East [14] | Alan Howarth 21,481 (57.7%) | David Evans 7,958 (21.4%) | Alistair Cameron 3,880 (10.4%) | Christopher Holland 721 (1.9%) | Edward Chaney-Davis 1,267 (3.4%) | Arthur Scargill (SLP) 1,951 (5.2%) | Roy Hughes† | |||||||
| Newport West [15] | Paul Flynn 24,331 (60.5%) | Peter Clarke 9,794 (24.4%) | Stanley Wilson 3,907 (9.7%) | Huw Jackson 648 (1.6%) | Andrew Thompsett 1,199 (3.0%) | Hugh Hughes (UKIP) 323 (0.3%) | Paul Flynn | |||||||
| Torfaen [16] | Paul Murphy 29,863 (69.1%) | Neil Parish 5,327 (12.3%) | Jean Gray 5,249 (12.1%) | Robert Gough 1,042 (2.4%) | Deborah Holler 1,245 (2.9%) | Roger Coghill (Green) 519 (1.2%) | Paul Murphy | |||||||
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