UK general elections › 2010 › Newport East
Newport East — 2010
Jessica Morden (Labour Party) was elected with 12,744 votes— 37.0% of 34,448 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 37.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 34,448
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Morden | Labour Party | 12,744 | −13.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Ed Townsend | Liberal Democrats | 11,094 | — | ||
| 3 | Dawn Parry | Conservative Party | 7,918 | — | ||
| 4 | Keith Jones | British National Party | 1,168 | — | ||
| 5 | Fiona Cross | Plaid Cymru | 724 | — | ||
| 6 | David Rowlands | UK Independence Party | 677 | — | ||
| 7 | E. A. Screen | Socialist Labour Party | 123 | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.