Newport East (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Newport East (Senedd constituency).

Newport East (Welsh: Dwyrain Casnewydd) is a constituency^{[n 1]} in the city of Newport, South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Jessica Morden of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Newport East
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newport East in Wales
Preserved county	Gwent
Electorate	76,159 (March 2020)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Jessica Morden (Labour)
Seats	One
Created from	Newport and Monmouth[2]
Overlaps
Senedd	Newport East, South Wales East

The constituency retained its name but its boundaries were substantially altered, as part of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies under the June 2023 final recommendations of the Boundary Commission for Wales for the 2024 general election.^[3]

History

Newport East was created when the former Newport borough constituency was split into two divisions in 1983. Until the changes coming into effect in 2024, it also included some rural areas, formerly part of Monmouth county constituency, with only minor boundary changes since the constituency was created. Unlike neighbouring Newport West, it has remained in Labour hands since its creation.

Boundaries

1983–1997: The Borough of Newport wards 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 18 to 20, and the District of Monmouth wards 14 and 15.

1997–2010: The Borough of Newport wards of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Llanwern, Lliswerry, Ringland, St Julians, and Victoria, and the Borough of Monmouth wards of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Magor with Undy, Rogiet, Severn, and West End.

2010–2024: The Newport County Borough electoral divisions of Alway, Beechwood, Langstone, Llanwern, Lliswerry, Ringland, St Julian's, and Victoria, and the Monmouthshire County electoral divisions of Caldicot Castle, Dewstow, Green Lane, Mill, Rogiet, Severn, The Elms, and West End.

2024–present: Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following wards of the City and County Borough of Newport, as they existed on 1 December 2020:^[4]

• Alway, Beechwood, Bettws, Caerleon, Langstone¹, Llanwern, Lliswerry, Malpas, Pillgwenlly, Ringland, St Julians, Shaftesbury, Stow Hill, and Victoria.

¹ Renamed Bishton and Langstone following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022.^[5]

As a result of the review, Newport West was abolished with approximately 45% of its electorate being added to Newport East (Bettws, Caerleon, Malpas, Pillgwenlly, Shaftesbury and Stow Hill wards). To partly compensate, the parts in Monmouthshire County were transferred to the re-established constituency of Monmouthshire.

Map of boundaries 2010-2024

Map of current boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[6]	Party
	1983	Roy Hughes	Labour
	1997	Alan Howarth
	2005	Jessica Morden

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Newport East^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	16,370	42.5	−5.0
	Reform UK	Tommy Short	7,361	19.1	+13.0
	Conservative	Rachel Buckler	6,487	16.8	−19.4
	Plaid Cymru	Jonathan Clark	2,239	5.8	+3.2
	Green	Lauren James	2,092	5.4	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Miller	2,045	5.3	−0.4
	Independent	Pippa Bartolotti	1,802	4.7	N/A
	Heritage	Mike Ford	135	0.4	N/A
Majority			9,009	23.4	+18.0
Turnout			38,531	50.1	−10.8
Registered electors			76,845
	Labour hold		Swing	−9.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [n 3] [9]
Party		Vote	%
	Labour	22,038	47.5
	Conservative	16,799	36.2
	Brexit Party	2,843	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	2,651	5.7
	Plaid Cymru	1,203	2.6
	Green Party	871	1.9
Majority		5,239	11.3
Turnout		46,405	60.9
Electorate		76,159

General election 2019: Newport East^[10][11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	16,125	44.4	−12.1
	Conservative	Mark Brown	14,133	39.0	+4.2
	Brexit Party	Julie Price	2,454	6.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hamilton	2,121	5.8	+3.2
	Plaid Cymru	Cameron Wixcey	872	2.4	±0.0
	Green	Peter Varley	577	1.6	N/A
Rejected ballots			80
Majority			1,992	5.4	−15.7
Turnout			36,282	62.0	−2.3
Registered electors			58,554
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.2

Of the 80 rejected ballots:

• 61 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.^[12]
• 19 voted for more than one candidate.^[12]

General election 2017: Newport East^[13][14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	20,804	56.5	+15.8
	Conservative	Natasha Asghar	12,801	34.8	+7.5
	UKIP	Ian Gorman	1,180	3.2	−15.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pete Brown	966	2.6	−3.8
	Plaid Cymru	Cameron Wixcey	881	2.4	−1.1
	Independent	Nadeem Ahmed	188	0.5	N/A
Rejected ballots			68
Majority			8,003	21.7	+8.3
Turnout			36,820	64.3	+1.6
Registered electors			57,211
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.2

Of the 68 rejected ballots:

• 34 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.^[15]
• 19 voted for more than one candidate.^[15]
• 15 had writing or mark by which the voter could be identified.^[15]

General election 2015: Newport East^[16][17][18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	14,290	40.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Natasha Asghar	9,585	27.3	+4.3
	UKIP	David Stock	6,466	18.4	+16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Halliday	2,251	6.4	−25.8
	Plaid Cymru	Tony Salkeld[19]	1,231	3.5	+1.4
	Green	David Mclean[20]	887	2.5	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Shangara Singh Bhatoe	398	1.1	+0.7
Majority			4,705	13.4	+8.6
Turnout			35,108	62.7	−0.9
Registered electors			56,015
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.3

General election 2010: Newport East^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	12,744	37.0	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Townsend	11,094	32.2	+8.5
	Conservative	Dawn Parry	7,918	23.0	−0.4
	BNP	Keith Jones	1,168	3.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Fiona Cross	724	2.1	−1.7
	UKIP	David Rowlands	677	2.0	−1.0
	Socialist Labour	Elizabeth Screen	123	0.4	−0.4
Majority			1,650	4.8	−16.7
Turnout			34,448	63.6	+5.7
Registered electors			54,437
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Newport East^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jessica Morden	14,389	45.2	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Townsend	7,551	23.7	+9.7
	Conservative	Matthew Collings	7,459	23.4	+0.2
	Plaid Cymru	Mohammad Asghar	1,221	3.8	−1.1
	UKIP	Roger Thomas	945	3.0	+1.7
	Socialist Labour	Elizabeth Screen	260	0.8	−0.5
Majority			6,838	21.5	−10.0
Turnout			31,825	57.9	+3.2
Registered electors			54,941
	Labour hold		Swing	-9.6

General election 2001: Newport East^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Howarth	17,120	54.7	−3.0
	Conservative	Ian Oakley	7,246	23.2	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	4,394	14.0	+3.6
	Plaid Cymru	Madoc Batcup	1,519	4.9	+3.0
	Socialist Labour	Elizabeth Screen	420	1.3	−3.9
	UKIP	Neal Reynolds	410	1.3	N/A
	Communist	Robert Griffiths	173	0.6	N/A
Majority			9,874	31.5	−4.8
Turnout			31,282	54.7	−18.4
Registered electors			57,219
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Newport East^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Howarth	21,481	57.7	+2.7
	Conservative	David Evans	7,958	21.4	−10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Cameron	3,880	10.4	−1.5
	Socialist Labour	Arthur Scargill	1,951	5.2	N/A
	Referendum	Edward Chaney-Davis	1,267	3.4	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	Christopher Holland	721	1.9	+0.2
Majority			13,523	36.3	+12.7
Turnout			37,258	73.1	−7.9
Registered electors			50,676
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.3

General election 1992: Newport East^[25][26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Hughes	23,050	55.0	+5.9
	Conservative	Angela A. Emmett	13,151	31.4	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	William A. Oliver	4,991	11.9	−5.8
	Plaid Cymru (Green)	Stephen M. Ainley	716	1.7	+0.6
Majority			9,899	23.6	+6.7
Turnout			41,908	81.2	+0.3
Registered electors			51,603
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Newport East^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Hughes	20,518	49.1	+9.5
	Conservative	Graham Webster-Gardiner	13,454	32.2	−0.9
	SDP	Frances David	7,383	17.7	−7.9
	Plaid Cymru	Gareth Butler	458	1.1	−0.6
Majority			7,064	16.9	+10.4
Turnout			41,813	79.9	+3.3
Registered electors			52,199
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1983: Newport East^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Hughes	15,931	39.6	N/A
	Conservative	Roy Thomason	13,301	33.1	N/A
	SDP	Frances David	10,293	25.6	N/A
	Plaid Cymru	David Thomas	697	1.7	N/A
Majority			2,630	6.5	N/A
Turnout			40,222	76.6	N/A
Registered electors			52,503
	Labour win (new seat)

See also

• Newport East (Senedd constituency)
• Newport West (Senedd constituency)
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Gwent
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Wales

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place