Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°34′59″N 3°02′35″W / 51.583°N 3.043°W

Newport West
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newport West in Wales.
Electorate	63,056 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Paul Flynn (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Newport and Monmouth[2]
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales East
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Newport West (Welsh: Gorllewin Casnewydd) is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. The current MP is Paul Flynn of the Labour Party, first elected at the 1987 general election.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises 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 are 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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1983	Mark Robinson	Conservative
	1987	Paul Flynn	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Newport West [4] [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Phillip Flynn[6]	16,633	41.2	0.0
	Conservative	Nick Webb	13,123	32.5	+0.2
	UKIP	Gordon Norrie[7]	6,134	15.2	+12.3
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Coopey[8]	1,604	4.0	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Townsend	1,581	3.9	−12.7
	Green	Pippa Bartolotti	1,272	3.2	+2.1
Majority			3,510	8.7	−0.2
Turnout			40,347	64.9	0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.1

General Election 2010: Newport West[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Phillip Flynn	16,389	41.3	−3.6
	Conservative	Matthew Williams	12,845	32.3	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Veronica German	6,587	16.6	−1.3
	BNP	Timothy Windsor	1,183	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	1,144	2.9	+0.5
	Plaid Cymru	Jeff Rees	1,122	2.8	−0.8
	Green	Pippa Bartolotti	450	1.1	−0.4
Majority			3,544	8.9
Turnout			39,720	64.8	+5.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.2

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Phillip Flynn	16,021	44.8	−7.9
	Conservative	William Morgan	10,563	29.6	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Flanagan	6,398	17.9	+6.2
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Salkeld	1,278	3.6	−3.6
	UKIP	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	848	2.4	+1.0
	Green	Peter Varley	540	1.5	N/A
	Independent	Saeid Arjomand	84	0.2	+0.2
Majority			5,458	15.3	−11.2
Turnout			35,732	59.3	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.6

General Election 2001: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Phillip Flynn	18,489	52.7	−7.8
	Conservative	Dr. William John Morgan	9,185	26.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Veronica Watkins	4,095	11.7	+2.0
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony Michael Salkeld	2,510	7.2	+5.5
	UKIP	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	506	1.4	+0.6
	BNP	Terrance Cavill	278	0.8	N/A
Majority			9,304	26.5	−9.6
Turnout			35,063	59.1	−15.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.8

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Phillip Flynn	24,331	60.5	+7.4
	Conservative	Peter Derek Clarke	9,794	24.4	−11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stanley William Wilson	3,907	9.7	+0.2
	Referendum	Andrew Colin Thompsett	1,199	3.0	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Huw Vaughan Jackson	648	1.6	+0.2
	UKIP	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	323	0.6	N/A
Majority			14,357	36.1	+18.4
Turnout			40,202	74.6	−8.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.5

General Election 1992: Newport West[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Phillip Flynn	24,139	53.1	+7.0
	Conservative	Andrew Robert Taylor	16,360	36.0	−4.1
	Liberal Democrat	John William Andrew Toye	3,907	9.5	−3.5
	Plaid Cymru (Green)	Peter John Keelan	653	1.4	+0.6
Majority			7,770	17.1	+11.0
Turnout			45,059	82.8	+1.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+5.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Phillip Flynn	20,887	46.1	+9.5
	Conservative	Mark Noel Foster Robinson	18,179	40.1	+2.1
	Liberal	George Winston Roddick	5,903	13.0	−11.2
	Plaid Cymru	Digby John Bevan	377	0.8	−0.4
Majority			2,708	6.0	+4.6
Turnout			45,346	81.8	+4.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.7

General Election 1983: Newport West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Noel Foster Robinson	15,948	38.0	N/A
	Labour	Bryan Davies	15,367	36.6	N/A
	Liberal	Whitney Richard David Jones	10,163	24.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Denis Ronald Watkins	477	1.2	N/A
Majority			581	1.4	N/A
Turnout			41,955	77.5	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

See also

• Newport West (Assembly constituency)
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwent

Notes and 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. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
4. "Newport results". General Election 7 May 2015. Newport City Council. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
5. total electorate 62,137 email from Newport City Council 4Sep15
6. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ann-clwyd-veteran-labour-mp-7490790
7. https://yournextmp.com/constituency/66099/
8. "Westminster_Candidates.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 31 January 2015.
9. Newport West, Newport City Council - Newport West candidates
10. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.