UK general elections › 2024 › Newport West and Islwyn
Newport West and Islwyn — 2024
Ruth Jones (Labour Party) was elected with 17,409 votes— 41.5% of 41,951 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. 41.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,951
| 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 | 17,409 | −8.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Paul Taylor | Reform UK | 8,541 | — | ||
| 3 | Nick Jones | Conservative Party | 6,710 | — | ||
| 4 | Brandon Ham | Plaid Cymru | 3,529 | — | ||
| 5 | Mike Hamilton | Liberal Democrats | 2,087 | — | ||
| 6 | Kerry Vosper | Green Party | 2,078 | — | ||
| 7 | George Etheridge | Independent | 1,597 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.