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Welsh Assembly Results
Party Welsh Labour Plaid Cymru Welsh Conservative UKIP Wales Welsh Liberal Democrat
Seats 29 12 11 7 1
Change −1 +1 −3 +7 −4

After 60 of 60 seats Results in full

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Newport East

Welsh Assembly constituency Region - South Wales East
Result: LAB HOLD

Scoreboard

Party Candidates Votes % Net percentage change in seats
Party

LAB

Welsh Labour

 Candidates John Griffiths Votes 9,229 44.6% Net percentage change in seats −6.2
Party

UKIP

UKIP Wales

 Candidates James Peterson Votes 4,333 20.9% Net percentage change in seats +20.9
Party

CON

Welsh Conservative

 Candidates Munawar Mughal Votes 3,768 18.2% Net percentage change in seats −4.9
Party

LD

Welsh Liberal Democrat

 Candidates Paul Halliday Votes 1,481 7.2% Net percentage change in seats −11.9
Party

PC

Plaid Cymru

 Candidates Anthony Salkeld Votes 1,386 6.7% Net percentage change in seats −0.3
Party

GRN

Wales Green Party

 Candidates Peter Varley Votes 491 2.4% Net percentage change in seats +2.4

Change compared with 2011

Turnout and Majority

Welsh Labour Majority

4,896

Turnout

37.2%

Vote share

Party %
Welsh Labour 44.6
UKIP Wales 20.9
Welsh Conservative 18.2
Welsh Liberal Democrat 7.2
Plaid Cymru 6.7
OTHERS 2.4

Vote share change since 2011

−%
+%
UKIP Wales
+20.9
Plaid Cymru
−0.3
Welsh Conservative
−4.9
Welsh Labour
−6.2
Welsh Liberal Democrat
−11.9
Wales Constituencies and Regions A-Z

Constituency Profile

Lying to the east of the River Usk which runs through the city of Newport, the constituency also includes parts of rural Monmouthshire, such as Caldicot and Magor.

Newport East includes the steelworks site at Llanwern, which played a major role in the area's modern history. Tata Steel still uses part of the site to process steel, however there are fears for the future of this plant following the company's announcement that it is considering selling off its UK operations. In the year to September 2015, an average of 3.3% of the working age population were claiming unemployment benefits, compared to a Wales average of 2.4% and 2% across the UK. Since the National Assembly was created in 1999 the constituency has been represented by John Griffiths, who had a majority of just under 5,400 at the last election.

In 2011, Labour won just over 50% of the vote, the Conservatives won 23% and the Liberal Democrats 19%.

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