Election for the constituency of Newport West on 12 December 2019

An election to the 58th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Newport West, held as part of the general election on 12 December 2019.

Labour hold by Ruth Jones with a majority of 902 - 2.1% - on a turnout of 65.2%.

An electorate of 66,657, having a valid vote count of 43,433 and an invalid vote count of 130.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
JONES, Ruth Lab 18,977 43.7% -8.6%
EVANS, Matthew Con 18,075 41.6% 2.3%
JONES, Ryan LD 2,565 5.9% 3.7%
EDWARDS, Cameron BRX 1,727 4.0% -
CLARK, Jonathan PC 1,187 2.7% 0.3%
WOMACK, Amelia Green 902 2.1% 0.9%

The writ for this election was issued on 5 November 2019.

Result declared at 02:58 on 13 December 2019. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.