Newport West (Senedd Cymru Constituency)
Newport West (Welsh: Gorllewin Casnewydd) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. It is currently represented by Jayne Bryant for Labour.
Boundaries
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the same boundaries of the Newport West (UK Parliament constituency).
The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport East and Torfaen.
Voting
In general elections for the Senedd, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Member of the Senedd for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system. The second vote may be used to vote for a regional closed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
Assembly Members and Members of the Senedd
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Rosemary Butler | Labour | |
| 2016 | Jayne Bryant | ||
Results
Elections in the 2020s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Jayne Bryant | 14,259 | 48.2 | +4.4 | 11,965 | 40.4 | -1.1 | |
| Conservative | Michael Enea | 10,353 | 35.0 | +6.0 | 9,732 | 32.8 | +6.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Jonathan Clark | 2,076 | 7.0 | +1.1 | 2,699 | 9.1 | +3.1 | |
| Green | Amelia Womack | 1,314 | 4.4 | +1.5 | 1,763 | 6.0 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Miller | 882 | 3.0 | -0.2 | 919 | 3.1 | -0.5 | |
| Reform UK | Kevin Anthony Boucher | 486 | 1.6 | New | 301 | 1.0 | New | |
| Freedom Alliance (UK) | Steve Marsh | 228 | 0.8 | New | 159 | 0.5 | New | |
| Abolish | 1,292 | 4.4 | +0.3 | |||||
| UKIP | 416 | 1.4 | -13.4 | |||||
| Gwlad | 144 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| Propel | 116 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Communist | 82 | 0.3 | +0.1 | |||||
| TUSC | 40 | 0.1 | -0.2 | |||||
| Majority | 3,906 | 13.2 | −1.6 | |||||
| Turnout | 29,112 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
Regional Ballot void votes: 242. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (93), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (149)
Elections in the 2010s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Jayne Bryant | 12,157 | 43.8 | -8.4 | 11,493 | 41.5 | -0.5 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Evans | 8,042 | 29.0 | -4.9 | 7,228 | 26.1 | -3.0 | |
| UKIP | Mike Ford | 3,842 | 13.8 | New | 4,092 | 14.8 | +8.9 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Simon Coopey | 1,645 | 5.9 | -1.2 | 1,669 | 6.0 | -0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Newton | 880 | 3.2 | -3.7 | 985 | 3.6 | -2.0 | |
| Green | Pippa Bartolotti | 814 | 2.9 | New | 788 | 2.8 | -0.2 | |
| Independent | Bill Fearnley-Whittingstall | 333 | 1.2 | New | ||||
| Cymru Sovereign | Gruff Meredith | 38 | 0.1 | New | ||||
| Abolish | 1,123 | 4.1 | New | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 137 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 74 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Communist | 66 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| National Front | 40 | 0.1 | New | |||||
| Majority | 4,115 | 14.8 | −3.5 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,751 | 44.7 | +7.9 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Rosemary Butler | 12,011 | 52.2 | +11.7 | 9,759 | 42.0 | +9.0 | |
| Conservative | David Williams | 7,791 | 33.9 | -0.7 | 6,751 | 29.1 | -1.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Lyndon Binding | 1,626 | 7.1 | -3.3 | 1,546 | 6.7 | -1.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Newton | 1,586 | 6.9 | -5.0 | 1,303 | 5.6 | -5.1 | |
| UKIP | 1,367 | 5.9 | +2.4 | |||||
| BNP | 723 | 3.1 | -2.3 | |||||
| Green | 695 | 3.0 | +0.1 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 414 | 1.8 | -0.2 | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 348 | 1.5 | +0.5 | |||||
| English Democrat | 256 | 1.1 | New | |||||
| Communist | 62 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Majority | 4,220 | 18.3 | +12.4 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,014 | 36.8 | −3.3 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 | ||||||
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 202
Elections in the 2000s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Rosemary Butler | 9,582 | 40.5 | -6.4 | 7,825 | 33.0 | -5.1 | |
| Conservative | Matthew R.H. Evans | 8,181 | 34.6 | +5.2 | 7,286 | 30.7 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel R. Flanagan | 2,813 | 11.9 | +2.1 | 2,526 | 10.7 | -0.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Brian Hancock | 2,449 | 10.4 | +2.6 | 1,923 | 8.1 | -0.3 | |
| English Democrat | Andrew Constantine | 634 | 2.7 | New | 353 | 1.5 | New | |
| BNP | 1,269 | 5.4 | +2.6 | |||||
| UKIP | 835 | 3.5 | -1.2 | |||||
| Green | 698 | 2.9 | -0.4 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 480 | 2.0 | +0.6 | |||||
| Welsh Christian Party | 246 | 1.0 | New | |||||
| Independent - Colin Hobbs | 159 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Communist | 61 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| CPA | 56 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Majority | 1,401 | 5.9 | −11.6 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,659 | 40.1 | +5.5 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.8 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Rosemary Butler | 10,053 | 46.9 | -0.7 | 8,149 | 38.1 | -3.0 | |
| Conservative | William Graham | 6,301 | 29.4 | +1.2 | 6,332 | 29.6 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Phylip A.D. Hobson | 2,094 | 9.8 | -1.8 | 2,381 | 11.1 | -0.8 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Anthony M. Salkeld | 1,678 | 7.8 | -4.8 | 1,809 | 8.4 | -3.3 | |
| UKIP | Hugh Hughes | 1,102 | 5.1 | New | 1,007 | 4.7 | New | |
| Socialist Alliance | Richard Morse | 198 | 0.9 | New | ||||
| Green | 715 | 3.3 | Unknown | |||||
| BNP | 603 | 2.8 | New | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 304 | 1.4 | Unknown | |||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 69 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| ProLife Alliance | 47 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Majority | 3,752 | 17.5 | −1.9 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,426 | 34.6 | −7.7 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.0 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 61,238
Regional ballots rejected: 453
Elections in the 1990s
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Rosemary Butler | 11,538 | 47.6 | N/A | 9,721 | 40.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | William Graham | 6,828 | 28.2 | N/A | 6,872 | 28.4 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Bob Vickery | 3,053 | 12.6 | N/A | 3,331 | 13.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Veronica Watkins | 2,820 | 11.6 | N/A | 3,068 | 12.7 | N/A | |
| United Socialist | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | |||||
| Others | 1,234 | 5.1 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 4,710 | 19.4 | N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 24,239 | 42.3 | N/A | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | ||||||||
See also
References
- ^ Newport West Statement of Persons Nominated
- ^ "Wales elections > Newport West". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Wales elections > Newport West". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.