UK general elections › 2019 › Newport West
Newport West — 2019
Ruth Jones (Labour Party) was elected with 18,977 votes— 43.7% of 43,433 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. 43.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,433
| 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 | Ruth Jones | Labour Party | 18,977 | 43.7% | −6.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matthew Evans | Conservative Party | 18,075 | 41.6% | — | |
| 3 | Ryan Jones | Liberal Democrats | 2,565 | 5.9% | — | |
| 4 | Cameron Edwards | The Brexit Party | 1,727 | 4.0% | — | |
| 5 | Jonathan Clark | Plaid Cymru | 1,187 | 2.7% | — | |
| 6 | Amelia Womack | Green Party | 902 | 2.1% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.