Newport East () is a constituency 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.

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.

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:

  • Alway, Beechwood, Bettws, Caerleon, Langstone<sup>1</sup>, Llanwern, Lliswerry, Malpas, Pillgwenlly, Ringland, St Julians, Shaftesbury, Stow Hill, and Victoria.

<sup>1</sup> Renamed Bishton and Langstone following a local government boundary review which came into effect in May 2022.

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.

Members of Parliament

{| class ="wikitable"

! colspan="2"| Election !! Member !! Party

|-

! style="color:inherit;background-color: ;" rowspan="3" |

|1983

|Roy Hughes

|rowspan="3"| Labour

|-

|1997

|Alan Howarth

|-

|2005

|Jessica Morden

|}

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! colspan="4" | 2019 notional result

|-

! colspan="2" bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" |Party

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" |Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

|-

|

|Labour

| align="right" |22,038

| align="right" |47.5

|-

|

|Conservative

| align="right" |16,799

| align="right" |36.2

|-

|

|Brexit Party

| align="right" |2,843

| align="right" |6.1

|-

|

|Liberal Democrats

| align="right" |2,651

| align="right" |5.7

|-

|

|Plaid Cymru

| align="right" |1,203

| align="right" |2.6

|-

|

|Green Party

| align="right" |871

| align="right" |1.9

|-

| colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0" |

|-

| colspan="2" |Majority

| align="right" |5,239

| align="right" |11.3

|-

| colspan="2" |Turnout

| align="right" |46,405

| align="right" |60.9

|-

| colspan="2" |Electorate

| align="right" |76,159

|}

Of the 80 rejected ballots:

  • 61 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.

Of the 68 rejected ballots:

  • 34 were either unmarked or it was uncertain who the vote was for.

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

See also

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

Notes

References

  • Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
  • Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
  • 2017 Election House Of Commons Library 2017 Election report
  • A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers)
  • Newport East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
  • Newport East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
  • Newport East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK