Latest headlines
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Labour win 29 seats - but fall short of a majority
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UKIP wins its first seats in the Assembly
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Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood ousts Labour in Rhondda
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Mapping the election - see party vote share by constituency across Wales
Scoreboard
| Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Net percentage change in seats |
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Party
LAB Welsh Labour |
Candidates Jayne Bryant | Votes 12,157 | 43.8% | Net percentage change in seats −8.4 |
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Party
CON Welsh Conservative |
Candidates Matthew Evans | Votes 8,042 | 29.0% | Net percentage change in seats −4.9 |
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UKIP UKIP Wales |
Candidates Mike Ford | Votes 3,842 | 13.8% | Net percentage change in seats +13.8 |
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Party
PC Plaid Cymru |
Candidates Simon Coopey | Votes 1,645 | 5.9% | Net percentage change in seats −1.1 |
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Party
LD Welsh Liberal Democrat |
Candidates Liz Newton | Votes 880 | 3.2% | Net percentage change in seats −3.7 |
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GRN Wales Green Party |
Candidates Pippa Bartolotti | Votes 814 | 2.9% | Net percentage change in seats +2.9 |
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IND Independent |
Candidates Bill Fearnley-Whittingstall | Votes 333 | 1.2% | Net percentage change in seats +1.2 |
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CS Cymru Sovereign |
Candidates Gruff Meredith | Votes 38 | 0.1% | Net percentage change in seats +0.1 |
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Change compared with 2011 |
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Turnout and Majority
Welsh Labour Majority
4,115Turnout
44.7%Constituency Profile
This is one of two constituencies representing the city of Newport.
The Bristol Channel forms its southern boundary while the River Usk forms Newport West's eastern boundary. The Office for National Statistics, the UK's main source of economic data, is one of the largest employers in the constituency. In the year to September 2015 an average of 3.6% of the working age population were claiming unemployment benefits in Newport West, the second highest figure in Wales. The Wales average was 2.4% and the figure across the UK was 2%. Since the assembly began in 1999 Newport West has been representing by the Labour AM Dame Rosemary Butler. In charge of assembly chamber proceedings as Presiding Officer since 2011, Dame Rosemary is standing down as an AM in May.
In 2011, Dame Rosemary took 52% of the vote, giving Labour a majority over the Conservatives of just over 4,200.