2019 Newport West by-election

2019 Newport West by-election
4 April 2019 (2019-04-04)

Newport West constituency
Turnout37.1%
  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 pp 8.0 pp

  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 pp 2.5 pp

MP before election

Paul Flynn
Labour

Elected MP

Ruth Jones
Labour

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Newport West was held on 4 April 2019, following the death of incumbent Labour Party MP Paul Flynn. Labour candidate Ruth Jones held the seat for the party, albeit with a reduced majority.