UK general elections › 2015 › Newport East
Newport East — 2015
Jessica Morden (Labour Party) was elected with 14,290 votes— 40.7% of 35,108 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. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,108
| 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 | 14,290 | −9.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Natasha Asghar | Conservative Party | 9,585 | — | ||
| 3 | David Stock | UK Independence Party | 6,466 | — | ||
| 4 | Paul Halliday | Liberal Democrats | 2,251 | — | ||
| 5 | Tony Salkeld | Plaid Cymru | 1,231 | — | ||
| 6 | David Mclean | Green Party | 887 | — | ||
| 7 | Shangara Singh Bhatoe | Socialist Labour Party | 398 | — |
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.