Newport West (Senedd constituency)

Newport West
*Gorllewin Casnewydd*
Newport West; Gorllewin Casnewydd
Senedd county constituency; for the Senedd
	Newport West shown as one of the 40 ; Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Labour
MS	Jayne Bryant
Electoral region	South Wales East

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

Map of current 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	Labour

Results

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Newport West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Bryant^[a]	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 ^ 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]
Party		Candidate	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]
Party		Candidate	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
Party		Candidate	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]
Party		Candidate	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
Party		Candidate	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)

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.

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[fn1-2] Incumbent member for this constituency

[1] Newport West Statement of Persons Nominated

[3] "Wales elections > Newport West". BBC News. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[4] "Results and turnout at the 2016 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2021.

[5] "Wales elections > Newport West". BBC News. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

[6] "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2021.

[7] "Results and turnout at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2021.

[8] The National Assembly for Wales elections 2003. The Electoral Commission. November 2003. pp. 110–115. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

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