Election for the constituency of Newport East on 6 May 2010

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Newport East, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Labour hold by Jessica Morden with a majority of 1,650 - 4.8% - on a turnout of 63.3%.

An electorate of 54,437, having a valid vote count of 34,448 and an invalid vote count of 38.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MORDEN, Jessica Lab 12,744 37.0% -8.2%
TOWNSEND, Ed LD 11,094 32.2% 8.5%
PARRY, Dawn Con 7,918 23.0% -0.5%
JONES, Keith BNP 1,168 3.4% -
CROSS, Fiona PC 724 2.1% -1.7%
ROWLANDS, David UKIP 677 2.0% -1.0%
SCREEN, E. A. SL 123 0.4% -

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 02:04 on 7 May 2010. 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.

This constituency of Newport East was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for Wales. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.