Newport West (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Newport West (UK Parliament 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.

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 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.

Members of the National Assembly for Wales

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	1999–2016	Rosemary Butler	Labour
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |	2016–present	Jayne Bryant	Labour

Results

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Newport West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jayne Bryant	12,157	43.8	−8.4
	Conservative	Matthew Evans	8,042	29.0	−4.9
	UKIP	Mike Ford	3,842	13.8	+13.8
	Plaid Cymru	Simon Coopey	1,645	5.9	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Newton	880	3.2	−3.7
	Green	Pippa Bartolotti	814	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Bill Fearnley-Whittingstall	333	1.2	+1.2
	Cymru Sovereign	Gruff Meredith	38	0.1	+0.1
Majority			4,115	14.8	−3.5
Turnout			27,751	44.7	+7.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Newport West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Butler	12,011	52.2	+11.7
	Conservative	David Williams	7,791	33.9	−0.7
	Plaid Cymru	Lyndon Binding	1,626	7.1	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Newton	1,586	6.9	−5.0
Majority			4,220	18.3	+12.4
Turnout			23,014	36.8	−3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Newport West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Butler	9,582	40.5	−6.4
	Conservative	Matthew R.H. Evans	8,181	34.6	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel R. Flanagan	2,813	11.9	+2.1
	Plaid Cymru	Brian Hancock	2,449	10.4	+2.5
	English Democrat	Andrew James Constantine	634	2.7	N/A
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	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Butler	10,053	46.9	−0.7
	Conservative	William Graham	6,301	29.4	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Phylip A.D. Hobson	2,094	9.8	−1.9
	Plaid Cymru	Anthony M. Salkeld	1,678	7.8	−4.8
	UKIP	Hugh Moelwyn Hughes	1,102	5.1	N/A
	Socialist Alliance	Richard Morse	198	0.9	N/A
Majority			3,752	17.5	−1.9
Turnout			21,426	34.6	−7.7
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.0

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Newport West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rosemary Butler	11,538	47.6	N/A
	Conservative	William Graham	6,828	28.2	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Bob Vickery	3,053	12.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Kathleen Watkins	2,820	11.6	N/A
Majority			4,710	19.4	N/A
Turnout			24,239	42.3	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)