2019 Newport West by-election

2019 Newport West by-election

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Newport West constituency
Turnout	37.1%
First party Second party   CON Candidate Ruth Jones Matthew Evans Party Labour Conservative Popular vote 9,308 7,357 Percentage 39.6 31.3 Swing 12.7% 8%   Third party Fourth party   PC Candidate Neil Hamilton Jonathan Clark Party UKIP Plaid Cymru Popular vote 2,023 1,185 Percentage 8.6 5.0 Swing 6.1% 2.5%
MP before election Paul Flynn Labour Elected MP Ruth Jones Labour

A by-election was held in the UK Parliament constituency of Newport West in south Wales on 4 April 2019, following the death of Labour Party MP (Member of Parliament) Paul Flynn. Labour nominated the trade unionist Ruth Jones, who held the seat for the party with 40% of the vote and a reduced majority. The Conservative candidate Matthew Evans came second with 31% of the vote, followed by Neil Hamilton, the UKIP candidate, on 8%. This was the third parliamentary by-election held during the 57th UK Parliament, which was elected at the 2017 general election.^[1]