Newport West (National Assembly for Wales constituency)

Newport West 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 West 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 East 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

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly election 2007: Newport WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Butler
votes = 9,582
percentage = 40.5
change = -6.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Matthew Evans
votes = 8,181
percentage = 34.6
change = +5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nigel Flanagan
votes = 2,813
percentage = 11.9
change = +2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Brian Hancock
votes = 2,449
percentage = 10.4
change = +2.5Election box candidate with party link
party = English Democrats Party
candidate = Andrew Constantine
votes = 634
percentage = 2.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 1,401
percentage = 5.9
change = -11.6Election box turnout
votes = 23,659
percentage = 40.1
change = +5.5Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -5.8

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title=Welsh Assembly election 2003: Newport WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Butler
votes = 10,053
percentage = 46.9
change = -0.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Graham
votes = 6,301
percentage = 29.4
change = +1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Phylip Hobson
votes = 2,094
percentage = 9.8
change = -1.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Anthony Salkeld
votes = 1,678
percentage = 7.8
change = -4.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Alliance (England)
candidate = Andrew Constantine
votes = 198
percentage = 0.9
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 3,752
percentage = 17.5
change = -1.9Election box turnout
votes = 21,617
percentage = 34.6
change = -7.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin
title=Welsh Assembly election 1999: Newport WestElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Rosemary Butler
votes = 11,538
percentage = 47.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = William Graham
votes = 6,828
percentage = 28.2
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Plaid Cymru
candidate = Bob Vickery
votes = 3,053
percentage = 12.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Veronica Watkins
votes = 2,820
percentage = 11.6
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 4,710
percentage = 19.4
change = "N/A"Election box turnout
votes = 24,239
percentage = 42.3
change = "N/A"Election box new seat win
winner = Labour Party (UK)