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2017 general election results

Newport West

Shows the general election results for Newport West, which is a constituency in Newport. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 64,399 and a turnout of 67.5%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

LAB
Labour Hold
Paul Flynn
Majority
5,658
Electorate
64,399
Turnout
67.5%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
Lab 52.3%
Con 39.3%
UKIP 2.5%
PC 2.5%
LD 2.2%
Green 1.1%

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 (%)
Paul Flynn  Lab 22,723 52.3 11.1
Angela Jones-Evans  Con 17,065 39.3 6.8
Stan Edwards * UKIP 1,100 2.5 -12.7
Morgan Bowler-Brown * PC 1,077 2.5 -1.5
Sarah Lockyer * LD 976 2.2 -1.7
Pippa Bartolotti * Green 497 1.1 -2.0
* 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 PC LD Green BNP Oth
2005 44.8% 29.6% 2.4% 3.6% 17.9% 1.5% 0.0% 0.2%
2010 41.3% 32.3% 2.9% 2.8% 16.6% 1.1% 3.0% 0.0%
2015 41.2% 32.5% 15.2% 4.0% 3.9% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 52.3% 39.3% 2.5% 2.5% 2.2% 1.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
444 Newport West 13.0%
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%
425 Newport West 52.3%
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%
398 Newport West 67.5%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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