Election 97

Newport East

Current MP Roy Hughes
Conservative 97 7,958
Labour 97 21,481
LibDem 97 3,880
Nationalist 97 721
Other 97 1,951
Elected party
Newport East

Robert Waller wrote
Old constituency Newport East
Conservative 92 13,151
Labour 92 23,050
LibDem 92 4,991
Nationalist 92 0
Other 92 716
Elected party Labour

Newport East, in the Welsh county of Gwent, contains the huge steelworks at Llanwerne, and this pretty much sets the overall political tone here. There are more Conservative voters in the rural areas to the east and north, but overall Labour should consider this safe.


Super Profiles

1,327 4.31 9.03 48
1,981 6.43 11.17 58
4,039 13.12 11.25 117
8,343 27.10 14.70 184
1,821 5.91 10.45 57
944 3.07 2.81 109
1,811 5.88 8.01 73
3,894 12.65 15.25 83
3,479 11.30 7.13 158
3,151 10.23 10.17 101