Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Newport West (Welsh: Gorllewin Casnewydd) is one of two parliamentary constituencies for the city of Newport, South Wales, in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. Paul Flynn, of the Labour Party, was the MP from the 1987 general election until his death on 17 February 2019.[3] Consequently, a by-election was held in the constituency on Thursday 4 April 2019. It is currently represented by Ruth Jones.
Newport West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Electorate | 63,056 (December 2010)[1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Ruth Jones (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Newport and Monmouth[2] |
Overlaps | |
Senedd | Newport West, South Wales East |
The constituency is set to be abolished, as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies and under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the next United Kingdom general election. Its wards is to be split between Newport East, and Newport West and Islwyn.[4]