Newport West (Senedd 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.

Not to be confused with Newport West (UK Parliament constituency).

Newport West
Gorllewin Casnewydd
Senedd county constituency
for the Senedd
Newport West shown as one of the 40
Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created1999
PartyLabour
MSJayne Bryant
Electoral regionSouth Wales East

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
ElectionMemberParty
1999 Rosemary Butler Labour
2016 Jayne Bryant

Results

Elections in the 2020s
2021 Senedd election: Newport West[1]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
Labour Jayne Bryant[lower-alpha 1] 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
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

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
Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Newport West
Party Candidate Constituency[2] Regional[3]
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
Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Newport West
Party Candidate Constituency[4] Regional[5]
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[6]

Elections in the 2000s
Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Newport West
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
Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Newport West
Party Candidate Constituency Regional[7]
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
Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Newport West
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

Notes
  1. Newport West Statement of Persons Nominated
  2. "Wales elections > Newport West". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. "Wales elections > Newport West". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  5. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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