Newport East (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 51°35′35″N 2°55′12″W / 51.593°N 2.920°W

Newport East
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newport East in Wales.
Preserved county	Gwent
Electorate	55,224 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of parliament	Jessica Morden (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Newport and Monmouth[2]
Overlaps
Welsh Assembly	South Wales East
European Parliament constituency	Wales

Newport East (Welsh: Dwyrain 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.

Boundaries

The constituency comprises the electoral divisions of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Lliswerry, Llanwern, Ringland, St. Julians and Victoria in the city of Newport, plus the electoral divisions of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Green Lane, Mill, Rogiet, Severn, The Elms and West End from the principal area of Monmouthshire. The western boundary is formed by the River Usk, the northern boundary by the city boundary, the southern boundary by the Bristol Channel and the eastern boundary by the end of the built-up area of Caldicot.

History

Newport East was created when the former Newport borough constituency was split into two divisions in 1983. It also included some rural areas formerly part of Monmouth county constituency. There have been only minor boundary changes since the constituency was created.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[3]	Party
	1983	Roy Hughes	Labour
	1997	Alan Howarth	Labour
	2005	Jessica Morden	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Newport East ^{[4] [5] [6][7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jessica Morden	14,290	40.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Natasha Asghar[8]	9,585	27.3	+4.3
	UKIP	David Stock[9]	6,466	18.4	+16.5
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Halliday	2,251	6.4	-25.8
	Plaid Cymru	Tony Salkeld [10][11]	1,231	3.5	+1.4
	Green	David Mclean[12]	887	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Shangara Singh Bhatoe	398	1.1	+0.8
Majority			4,705	13.4	+8.6
Turnout			35,108	62.7	-0.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

General Election 2010: Newport East^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jessica Morden	12,744	37.0	−8.2
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Townsend	11,094	32.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Dawn Parry	7,918	23.0	−0.5
	BNP	Keith Jones	1,168	3.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Fiona Cross	724	2.1	−1.7
	UKIP	David Rowlands	677	2.0	−1.0
	Socialist Labour	Miss Elizabeth Anne Screen	123	0.4	−0.4
Majority			1,650	4.8
Turnout			34,448	63.6	+5.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.3

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jessica Morden	14,389	45.2	−9.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ed Townsend	7,551	23.7	+9.7
	Conservative	Matthew Collings	7,459	23.4	+0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammad Asghar	1,221	3.8	−1.1
	UKIP	Roger Thomas	945	3.0	+1.7
	Socialist Labour	Miss Elizabeth Anne Screen	260	0.8	−0.5
Majority			6,838	21.5	−10.0
Turnout			31,825	57.9	+3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.6

General Election 2001: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Howarth	17,120	54.7	−2.9
	Conservative	Ian Oakley	7,246	23.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Ronald Cameron	4,394	14.0	+3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Madoc Robert Batcup	1,519	4.9	+2.9
	Socialist Labour	Miss Elizabeth Anne Screen	420	1.3	−3.9
	UKIP	Neal John Reynolds	410	1.3	N/A
	Communist	Robert David Griffiths	173	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,874	31.5	−4.8
Turnout			31,282	54.7	−18.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Howarth	21,481	57.7	+2.7
	Conservative	David Maldwyn Evans	7,958	21.4	−10.0
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Ronald Cameron	3,880	10.4	−1.5
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	1,951	5.2	N/A
	Referendum	Edward Garth Chaney-Davis	1,267	3.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Kevin Holland	721	1.9	+0.2
Majority			13,523	36.3	+7.3
Turnout			37,258	73.1	−7.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Newport East^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	23,050	55.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Mrs Angela A. Emmett	13,151	31.4	−0.8
	Liberal Democrat	William A. Oliver	4,991	11.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru (Green)	Stephen M. Ainley	716	1.7	+0.6
Majority			9,899	23.6	+6.7
Turnout			41,908	81.2	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	20,518	49.1	+9.5
	Conservative	Graham Robert Webster-Gardiner	13,454	32.2	−0.9
	Social Democratic	Mrs Frances Ann David	7,383	17.7	−7.9
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Butler	458	1.1	−0.6
Majority			7,064	16.9	+10.4
Turnout			41,813	79.9	+3.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	15,931	39.6	N/A
	Conservative	Kenneth Roy Thomason	13,301	33.1	N/A
	Social Democratic	Mrs Frances Ann David	10,293	25.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	David John Thomas	697	1.7	N/A
Majority			2,630	6.5	N/A
Turnout			40,222	76.6	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Newport East (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 East', 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 56,015 email from Newport City Council 4Sep15
6. Newport East Newport City Council - Newport East candidates
7. Newport East BBC Election - Newport East
8. "Natasha Asghar PPC page". Conservative Party (UK). Retrieved 23 February 2015.
9. http://ukipWales.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/24/david-Stock-for-newport-east-and-Gordan Norrie-for-newport-west/
10. https://yournextmp.com/person/6434/tony-salkeld
11. "Under-fire Newport Ukip candidate faces calls to stand down". South Wales Argus. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
12. http://wales.greenparty.org.uk/news.html/2014/11/24/david-mclean-for-newport-east-and-pippa-bartolotti-for-newport-west/
13. Newport East Newport City Council - Newport East candidates
14. Newport East BBC Election - Newport East
15. "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 2010-12-06.