Newport West (UK Parliament constituency)
| Newport West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Newport West in Wales.
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| Electorate | 63,056 (December 2010) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1983 |
| Member of parliament | Paul Flynn (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Newport and Monmouth |
| Overlaps | |
| Welsh Assembly | South Wales East |
| European Parliament constituency | Wales |
Coordinates: 51°34′59″N 3°02′35″W / 51.583°N 3.043°W
Newport West (Welsh: Gorllewin Casnewydd) is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system. The current MP is Paul Flynn of the Labour Party, first elected at the 1987 general election.
The constituency comprises the electoral divisions of Allt-yr-yn, Bettws, Caerleon, Gaer, Graig, Malpas, Marshfield, Pillgwenlly, Rogerstone, Shaftesbury, Stow Hill and Tredegar Park in the city of Newport. The western and northern boundaries are formed by the city boundary, the eastern boundary by the River Usk, and the southern boundary by the Bristol Channel.
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