These are the election results from United Kingdom general elections based on the electoral regional boundaries used by the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), for the Senedd electoral region of South Wales East. Since the 1997 general election, this grouping of constituencies into this unofficial region have elected eight Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
The region is based around the Newport metropolitan area. The boundaries are based on the Senedd electoral region South Wales East. Regions are not used in UK general elections.
See main article: 2001 United Kingdom general election in Wales. South East Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.
| Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Plaid Cymru | Other | ||||||||||||
| Blaenau Gwent[1] | Llew Smith22,855 (72.0%) | Huw Williams2,383 (7.5%) | Edward Townsend2,945 (9.3%) | Adam Rykala3,542 (11.2%) | Llew Smith | |||||||||||
| Caerphilly[2] | Wayne David22,597 (58.5%) | David Simmonds4,413 (11.4%) | Rob Roffe3,469 (9.0%) | Lindsay Whittle8,172 (21.1%) | Ron Davies† | |||||||||||
| Islwyn[3] | Don Touhig19,505 (61.5%) | Phillip Howells2,543 (8.0%) | Kevin Etheridge4,196 (13.2%) | Leigh Thomas3,767 (11.9%) |
| Don Touhig | ||||||||||
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney[4] | Dai Havard19,574 (61.8%) | Richard Cuming2,272 (7.2%) | Keith Rogers2,385 (7.5%) | Robert Hughes4,651 (14.7%) |
| Ted Rowlands† | ||||||||||
| Monmouth[5] | Huw Edwards19,021 (42.8%) | Roger Evans18,637 (41.9%) | Neil Parker5,080 (11.4%) | Marc Hubbard1,068 (2.4%) | David Rowlands (UKIP)656 (1.5%) | Huw Edwards | ||||||||||
| Newport East[6] | Alan Howarth17,120 (54.7%) | Ian Oakley7,246 (23.2%) | Alistair Cameron4,394 (14.0%) | Madoc Batcup1,519 (4.9%) |
| Alan Howarth | ||||||||||
| Newport West[7] | Paul Flynn18,489 (52.7%) | William Morgan9,185 (26.2%) | Veronica Watkins4,095 (11.7%) | Anthony Salkeld2,510 (7.2%) |
| Paul Flynn | ||||||||||
| Torfaen[8] | Paul Murphy21,883 (62.1%) | Jason Evans5,603 (15.9%) | Alan Masters3,936 (11.2%) | Stephen Smith2,720 (7.7%) |
| Paul Murphy | ||||||||||
See main article: 1997 United Kingdom general election in Wales. South East Wales elected eight Members of Parliament.
| Constituency | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Conservative | Liberal Democrat | Plaid Cymru | Referendum | Other | ||||||||||
| Blaenau Gwent[9] | Llew Smith31,493 (79.5%) | Margrit A. Williams2,607 (6.6%) | Geraldine Layton3,458 (8.7%) | Jim B. Criddle2,072 (5.2%) | Llew Smith | ||||||||||
| Caerphilly[10] | Ron Davies30,697 (67.3%) | Rhodri Harris4,858 (10.7%) | Tony D. Ferguson3,724 (8.2%) | Lindsay Whittle4,383 (9.7%) | Mark E. Morgan1,337 (3.0%) | Catherine Williams (PLA)270 (0.6%) | Ron Davies | ||||||||
| Islwyn[11] | Don Touhig26,995 (74.2%) | David Walters2,864 (7.9%) | Christopher Worker3,064 (8.4%) | Darren Jones2,272 (6.2%) | Susan Monaghan1,209 (3.3%) | Don Touhig | |||||||||
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney[12] | Ted Rowlands30,012 (76.7%) | Jonathan Morgan2,508 (6.4%) | Duncan Anstey2,926 (7.5%) | Alun Cox2,344 (6.0%) | Ronald Hutchings660 (1.7%) | Alan Cowdell (Ind. Lab.)691 (1.8%) | Ted Rowlands | ||||||||
| Monmouth[13] | Huw Edwards23,404 (47.7%) | Roger Evans19,226 (39.2%) | Mark Williams4,689 (9.6%) | Alan Cotton516 (1.1%) | Timothy Warry1,190 (2.4%) | Roger Evans | |||||||||
| Newport East[14] | Alan Howarth21,481 (57.7%) | David Evans7,958 (21.4%) | Alistair Cameron3,880 (10.4%) | Christopher Holland721 (1.9%) | Edward Chaney-Davis1,267 (3.4%) | Arthur Scargill (SLP)1,951 (5.2%) | Roy Hughes† | ||||||||
| Newport West[15] | Paul Flynn24,331 (60.5%) | Peter Clarke9,794 (24.4%) | Stanley Wilson3,907 (9.7%) | Huw Jackson648 (1.6%) | Andrew Thompsett1,199 (3.0%) | Hugh Hughes (UKIP)323 (0.3%) | Paul Flynn | ||||||||
| Torfaen[16] | Paul Murphy29,863 (69.1%) | Neil Parish5,327 (12.3%) | Jean Gray5,249 (12.1%) | Robert Gough1,042 (2.4%) | Deborah Holler1,245 (2.9%) | Roger Coghill (Green)519 (1.2%) | Paul Murphy | ||||||||