Election for the constituency of Newport West on 6 May 2010

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

Labour hold by Paul Flynn with a majority of 3,544 - 8.9% - on a turnout of 64.0%.

An electorate of 62,111, having a valid vote count of 39,720 and an invalid vote count of 55.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
FLYNN, Paul Lab 16,389 41.3% -3.6%
WILLIAMS, Matthew Con 12,845 32.3% 2.8%
GERMAN, Veronica LD 6,587 16.6% -1.3%
WINDSOR, Timothy BNP 1,183 3.0% -
MOELWYN HUGHES, Hugh UKIP 1,144 2.9% 0.5%
REES, Jeff PC 1,122 2.8% -0.8%
BARTOLOTTI, Pippa Green 450 1.1% -0.4%

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

Result declared at 02:45 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 West 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.