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2017 general election results

Newport East

Shows the general election results for Newport East, which is a constituency in Monmouthshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 57,233 and a turnout of 64.3%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Jessica Morden
Majority
8,003
Electorate
57,233
Turnout
64.3%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 56.5%
Con 34.8%
UKIP 3.2%
LD 2.6%
PC 2.4%
Ind 0.5%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Jessica Morden  Lab 20,804 56.5 15.8
Natasha Asghar  Con 12,801 34.8 7.5
Ian Gorman * UKIP 1,180 3.2 -15.2
Pete Brown * LD 966 2.6 -3.8
Cameron Wixcey * PC 881 2.4 -1.1
Nadeem Ahmed * Ind 188 0.5 0.5
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year Lab Con UKIP LD PC Ind Green SLP BNP Oth
2005 45.2% 23.4% 3.0% 23.7% 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.8%
2010 37.0% 23.0% 2.0% 32.2% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 3.4% 0.0%
2015 40.7% 27.3% 18.4% 6.4% 3.5% 0.0% 2.5% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 56.5% 34.8% 3.2% 2.6% 2.4% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
347 Newport East 21.7%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
313 Newport East 56.5%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
527 Newport East 64.3%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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