Newport East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Newport East County constituency
Newport East shown within Wales
Created:	1983
MP:	Jessica Morden
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Preserved county:	Gwent
EP constituency:	Wales

Newport East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency comprises the electoral divisions of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Liswerry, 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 western boundary by the end of the built-up area of Caldicot.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1983	Royston John Hughes, later Baron Islwyn	Labour
1997	Alan Howarth	Labour
2005	Jessica Morden	Labour

[edit] Election results

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
	UK Independence	Roger Thomas	945	3.0	+1.7
	Socialist Labour	Liz 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 Cameron	4,394	14.0	+3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Madoc Batcup	1,519	4.9	+2.9
	Socialist Labour	Liz Screen	420	1.3	-3.9
	UK Independence	Neal Reynolds	410	1.3	N/A
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	173	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,874	31.5	-4.8
Turnout			31,282	54.7	-18.9
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Newport East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Howarth	21,481	57.7	+2.7
	Conservative	D. Evans	7,958	21.4	-10.0
	Liberal Democrat	A. Cameron	3,880	10.4	-1.5
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	1,951	5.2	N/A
	Referendum Party	G. Davis	1,267	3.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	C. 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	23,050	55.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Mrs A. A. Emmett	13,151	31.4	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	W. A. Oliver	4,991	11.9	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	S. M. Ainley	716	1.7	+0.6
Majority			9,899	23.6	+6.7
Turnout			41,908	81.2	+0.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1987: Newport East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Royston John Hughes	20,518	49.1	+9.5
	Conservative	G. R. Webster-Gardiner	13,454	32.2	-0.9
	Social Democrat	Mrs F. A. David	7,383	17.7	-7.9
	Plaid Cymru	G. 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	K. R. Thomason	13,301	33.1	N/A
	Social Democrat	Mrs F. A. David	10,293	25.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	D. J. Thomas	697	1.7	N/A
Majority			2,630	6.5	N/A
Turnout			40,222	76.6	N/A
	Labour win		(new constituency)

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gwent

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