UK general elections › 2015 › Newport West
Newport West — 2015
Paul Flynn (Labour Party) was elected with 16,633 votes— 41.2% of 40,347 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. 41.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,347
| 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 | Paul Flynn | Labour Party | 16,633 | 41.2% | −8.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nick Webb | Conservative Party | 13,123 | 32.5% | — | |
| 3 | Gordon Norrie | UK Independence Party | 6,134 | 15.2% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Coopey | Plaid Cymru | 1,604 | 4.0% | — | |
| 5 | Ed Townsend | Liberal Democrats | 1,581 | 3.9% | — | |
| 6 | Pippa Bartolotti | Green Party | 1,272 | 3.2% | — |
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.