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| Newport East Dwyrain Casnewydd | |
|---|---|
| Seneddcounty constituency for the Senedd | |
Newport East shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies | |
| CurrentSeneddcounty constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Welsh Labour |
| MS | John Griffiths |
| Electoral region | South Wales East |
Newport East (Welsh:Dwyrain Casnewydd) is aconstituency of theSenedd. It elects oneMember of the Senedd by thefirst past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in theSouth Wales Eastelectoral region, which elects fouradditional members, in addition to eight constituency members, to produce a degree ofproportional representation for the region as a whole.
The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the same boundaries as theNewport East (UK Parliament constituency).
The other seven constituencies of the South Wales East electoral region areBlaenau Gwent,Caerphilly,Islwyn,Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney,Monmouth,Newport West andTorfaen.
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 regionalclosed party list of candidates. Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by thed'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.
| Election | Member | Party | Portrait | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | John Griffiths | Labour | ||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | John Griffiths[a] | 10,899 | 47.4 | +2.8 | 9,687 | 41.7 | +1.1 | |
| Conservative | Gareth Hughes | 7,315 | 31.8 | +13.6 | 7,071 | 30.4 | +11.4 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Daniel Llewelyn | 1,844 | 8.0 | +1.3 | 2,042 | 8.8 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Hamilton | 1,574 | 6.6 | -0.6 | 1,257 | 5.4 | -0.5 | |
| Abolish | Robert Steed | 660 | 2.9 | New | 899 | 3.9 | +0.1 | |
| UKIP | Benjamin Walker | 368 | 1.6 | -19.3 | 441 | 1.9 | -17.8 | |
| Reform | David Rowlands[b] | 328 | 1.4 | New | 298 | 1.3 | New | |
| Green | 1,059 | 4.6 | +2.4 | |||||
| No More Lockdowns | 168 | 0.7 | New | |||||
| Gwlad | 134 | 0.6 | New | |||||
| Propel | 92 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Communist | 45 | 0.2 | ±0.0 | |||||
| TUSC | 37 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |||||
| Majority | 3,584 | 15.6 | −8.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,988 | |||||||
| Labourhold | Swing | |||||||
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Regional Ballot void votes: 175. Want of an Official Mark (0), Voting for more than ONE party or individual candidate (70), Writing or mark by which the Voter could be identified (0), Unmarked or Void for uncertainty (105)
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[2] | Regional[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | John Griffiths | 9,229 | 44.6 | -6.2 | 8,392 | 40.6 | -3.8 | |
| UKIP | James Peterson | 4,333 | 20.9 | New | 4,081 | 19.7 | +13.8 | |
| Conservative | Munawar Mughal | 3,768 | 18.2 | -4.9 | 3,919 | 19.0 | -2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Halliday | 1,481 | 7.2 | -11.8 | 1,213 | 5.9 | -6.3 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Anthony Salkeld | 1,386 | 6.7 | -0.3 | 1,589 | 7.7 | +1.5 | |
| Green | Peter Varley | 491 | 2.4 | New | 451 | 2.2 | +0.3 | |
| Abolish | 783 | 3.8 | New | |||||
| Monster Raving Loony | 109 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 53 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Communist | 45 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||||
| National Front | 44 | 0.2 | New | |||||
| Majority | 4,896 | 23.7 | −4.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,688 | 37.2 | +1.7 | |||||
| Labourhold | Swing | -13.6 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency[4] | Regional[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour Co-op | John Griffiths | 9,888 | 50.8 | +18.7 | 8,691 | 44.4 | +13.7 | |
| Conservative | Nick Webb | 4,500 | 23.1 | +0.4 | 4,226 | 21.6 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Townsend | 3,703 | 19.0 | -8.7 | 2,398 | 12.2 | -10.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Chris Paul | 1,369 | 7.0 | -1.5 | 1,209 | 6.2 | -2.4 | |
| UKIP | 1,155 | 5.9 | +2.4 | |||||
| BNP | 604 | 3.1 | -0.3 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 398 | 2.0 | +0.6 | |||||
| Green | 367 | 1.9 | -0.3 | |||||
| English Democrat | 291 | 1.5 | New | |||||
| Welsh Christian | 209 | 1.1 | +0.2 | |||||
| Communist | 48 | 0.2 | -2.1 | |||||
| Majority | 5,388 | 27.7 | +23.3 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,460 | 35.5 | −2.0 | |||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | |||||||
Regional ballots rejected at the count: 157[6]
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour Co-op | John Griffiths | 6,395 | 32.1 | -12.6 | 6,085 | 30.7 | -9.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Townsend | 5,520 | 27.7 | +11.5 | 4,527 | 22.8 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | Peter Fox | 4,512 | 22.7 | -1.6 | 4,299 | 21.7 | -0.7 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Trefor Puw | 1,696 | 8.5 | -0.6 | 1,707 | 8.6 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | James Harris | 1,354 | 6.8 | New | ||||
| English Democrat | Michael Blundell | 429 | 2.2 | New | 258 | 1.3 | New | |
| UKIP | 696 | 3.5 | -0.5 | |||||
| BNP | 676 | 3.4 | +0.2 | |||||
| Communist | 455 | 2.3 | New | |||||
| Green | 435 | 2.2 | -1.1 | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 278 | 1.4 | -0.9 | |||||
| Independent - Colin Hobbs | 178 | 0.9 | New | |||||
| Welsh Christian Party | 173 | 0.9 | New | |||||
| CPA | 59 | 0.3 | New | |||||
| Majority | 875 | 4.4 | −16.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,906 | 37.5 | +7.1 | |||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour Co-op | John Griffiths | 7,621 | 44.7 | -4.7 | 6,969 | 40.1 | -3.4 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Evans | 4,157 | 24.3 | +1.5 | 3,894 | 22.4 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ed Townsend | 2,768 | 16.2 | +2.2 | 2,650 | 15.3 | +0.6 | |
| Plaid Cymru | Mohammad Asghar | 1,555 | 9.1 | -4.7 | 1,470 | 8.5 | -5.9 | |
| UKIP | Neal J. Reynolds | 987 | 5.8 | New | 686 | 4.0 | New | |
| Green | 567 | 3.3 | Unknown | |||||
| BNP | 563 | 3.2 | New | |||||
| Socialist Labour | 404 | 2.3 | Unknown | |||||
| Cymru Annibynnol | 80 | 0.5 | New | |||||
| ProLife Alliance | 76 | 0.4 | New | |||||
| Majority | 3,484 | 20.4 | −6.2 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,212 | 30.4 | −5.0 | |||||
| Labour Co-ophold | Swing | -3.2 | ||||||
2003 Electorate: 56,563
Regional ballots rejected: 239
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | Regional | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour Co-op | John Griffiths | 9,497 | 49.4 | N/A | 8,319 | 43.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Mark A. Major | 4,368 | 22.8 | N/A | 4,278 | 22.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Cameron | 2,684 | 14.0 | N/A | 2,815 | 14.7 | N/A | |
| Plaid Cymru | Christopher K. Holland | 2,647 | 13.8 | N/A | 2,750 | 14.4 | N/A | |
| United Socialist | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | |||||
| Others | 983 | 5.1 | N/A | |||||
| Majority | 5,129 | 26.6 | N/A | |||||
| Turnout | 19,214 | 35.4 | N/A | |||||
| Labour Co-opwin (new seat) | ||||||||