Riding profile

Newport East

UK constituency — Wales · Mixed · wales

The question

Newport East: will Labour lose this seat to Reform UK?

Editorial read

Newport East, a mixed constituency in Wales, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 23-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects Reform UK ahead at 29% vote share, against 20% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Jessica Morden

Sits with Labour

Since
2005-05-05
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

Reform UK

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.0
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Reform UK 28.9%
  • Labour 19.6%
  • Conservative 14.5%
  • Green 13.7%
  • Plaid Cymru 12.0%
  • Lib Dems 6.1%
  • Other 4.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Reform UK Labour Conservative Green
HereNewport East 28.9%19.6%14.5%13.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 25.3% +3.6 21.7% −2.0 18.9% −4.4 11.8% +1.8

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
23.4 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-12.4 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Jessica Morden Elected Labour 16,370 42.5
Tommy Short Reform UK 7,361 19.1
Rachel Buckler Conservative 6,487 16.8
Jonathan Clark Plaid Cymru 2,239 5.8
Lauren James Green 2,092 5.4
John Miller Lib Dems 2,045 5.3
Pippa Bartolotti Other 1,802 4.7
Mike Ford Other 135 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Population
111,847
Median age
37
Employment rate
74.2%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029