Eleven candidates for the Newport West by-election
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The Newport Transporter Bridge straddles the Newport West and Newport East constituencies
Eleven candidates are to fight the Newport West parliamentary by-election on 4 April, it has been announced.
Ruth Jones is fighting to keep the seat for Labour, and will face Matthew Evans from the Conservatives and Jonathan Clark of Plaid Cymru.
Neil Hamilton is standing for UKIP, as is Ryan Jones for the Lib Dems.
The Greens, the Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party, Renew, the SDP, For Britain, and the Democrats and Veterans party are also taking part in the poll.
The by-election was triggered by the death of Paul Flynn, who had been the local Labour MP since 1987.
Newport City Council announced the list of candidates on Friday.
Newport West - the candidates
Labour - Ruth Jones
Conservatives - Matthew Evans
Plaid Cymru - Jonathan T Clark
UKIP - Neil Hamilton
Liberal Democrats - Ryan Jones
Green Party - Amelia Womack
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party - Richard Suchorzewski
Renew - June Davies
SDP - Ian McLean
For Britain - Hugh Nicklin
Democrats and Veterans - Phillip Taylor
- Published28 February 2019
- Published18 February 2019
- Published18 February 2019
