Newport West
2010 Results:
Conservative: 12845 (32.34%)
Labour: 16389 (41.26%)
Liberal Democrat: 6587 (16.58%)
Plaid Cymru: 1122 (2.82%)
BNP: 1183 (2.98%)
UKIP: 1144 (2.88%)
Green: 450 (1.13%)
Majority: 3544 (8.92%)
2005 Results:
Labour: 16021 (44.8%)
Conservative: 10563 (29.6%)
Liberal Democrat: 6398 (17.9%)
Plaid Cymru: 1278 (3.6%)
Other: 1472 (4.1%)
Majority: 5458 (15.3%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 9185 (26.2%)
Labour: 18489 (52.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 4095 (11.7%)
Plaid Cymru: 2510 (7.2%)
UKIP: 506 (1.4%)
BNP: 278 (0.8%)
Majority: 9304 (26.5%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 9794 (24.4%)
Labour: 24331 (60.5%)
Liberal Democrat: 3907 (9.7%)
Plaid Cymru: 648 (1.6%)
Referendum: 1199 (3%)
Other: 323 (0.8%)
Majority: 14537 (36.2%)
No Boundary Changes:
Profile:
Current MP: Paul Flynn(Labour) (more information at They work for you)
Matthew Williams (Conservative) Paul Flynn(Labour) (more information at They work for you)Veronica German (Liberal Democrat) Jeff Rees (Plaid Cymru) Pippa Bartolotti (Green)Hugh Moelwyn Hughes (UKIP) Timothy Windsor (BNP)2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 82731
Male: 48%
Female: 52%
Under 18: 24.5%
Over 60: 20.8%
Born outside UK: 4.6%
White: 95.4%
Black: 0.6%
Asian: 2.2%
Mixed: 1.2%
Other: 0.6%
Christian: 72.8%
Muslim: 2.2%
Full time students: 3.8%
Graduates 16-74: 19.5%
No Qualifications 16-74: 30.6%
Owner-Occupied: 70.7%
Social Housing: 21.6% (Council: 16.4%, Housing Ass.: 5.1%)
Privately Rented: 4.8%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 3.3%