Newport East (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Newport East is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member 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.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of the Newport East Westminster constituency. It is entirely within the preserved county of Gwent.

The other seven constituencies of the region are Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Islwyn, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, Monmouth, Newport West and Torfaen.

Voting

In general elections for the National Assembly for Wales, each voter has two votes. The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member 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.

Results

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2007: Newport EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = John Griffiths
votes = 6,395
percentage = 32.1
change = -12.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ed Townsend
votes = 5,520
percentage = 27.7
change = +11.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Fox
votes = 4,512
percentage = 22.7
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Trefor Puw
votes = 1,696
percentage = 8.5
change = -0.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = James Harris
votes = 1,354
percentage = 6.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Michael Blundell
votes = 429
percentage = 2.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 875
percentage = 4.4
change = -16.0Election box turnout
votes = 19,906
percentage = 37.5
change = +7.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2003: Newport EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = John Griffiths
votes = 7,621
percentage = 44.7
change = -4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Evans
votes = 4,157
percentage = 24.3
change = +1.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Ed Townsend
votes = 2,768
percentage = 16.2
change = +2.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Mohammad Asghar
votes = 1,555
percentage = 9.1
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Neal Reynolds
votes = 987
percentage = 5.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,484
percentage = 20.4
change = -6.2Election box turnout
votes = 17,212
percentage = 30.4
change = -5.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Co-operative
swing =

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title=Welsh Assembly election 1999: Newport EastElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Co-operative
candidate = John Griffiths
votes = 9,497
percentage = 49.4
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Major
votes = 4,368
percentage = 22.8
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alistair Cameron
votes = 2,684
percentage = 14.0
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Christopher Holland
votes = 2,647
percentage = 13.8
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 5,129
percentage = 26.6
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 19,214
percentage = 35.4
change = "N/A"Election box new seat win
winner = Labour Co-operative