Newport East (Senedd constituency)

Not to be confused with Newport East (UK Parliament constituency).

Newport East Dwyrain Casnewydd
Senedd county constituency for the Senedd
Newport East shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies
Current Senedd county constituency
Created	1999
Party	Welsh Labour
MS	John Griffiths
Electoral region	South Wales East

Newport East (Welsh: Dwyrain 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.

Boundaries

The constituency was created for the first election to the Assembly, in 1999, with the same boundaries as the Newport East (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 West 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.

Members of the Senedd

Election		Member	Party	Portrait
	1999	John Griffiths	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2021 Senedd election: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Griffiths	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 UK	David Rowlands	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
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes

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)

Elections in the 2010s

Welsh Assembly Election 2016: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			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
	Labour hold		Swing	-13.6

Welsh Assembly Election 2011: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			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-op hold		Swing

Regional ballots rejected at the count: 157

Elections in the 2000s

Welsh Assembly Election 2007: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			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-op hold		Swing

Welsh Assembly Election 2003: Newport East

Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
			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-op hold		Swing	-3.2

2003 Electorate: 56,563
Regional ballots rejected: 239

Elections in the 1990s

Welsh Assembly Election 1999: Newport East

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-op win (new seat)

See also

• Newport West (Senedd constituency)