1997 General Election - Newport East

Year	1997
General election	1997 General Election
Constituency	Newport East
Turnout	73.1%

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes
Howarth, Alan	Labour	21,481
Evans, David	Conservative	7,958
Cameron, Alistair	Liberal Democrats	3,880
Scargill, Arthur	Socialist Labour	1,951
Chaney-Davis, Edward	Referendum	1,267
Holland, Christopher	Plaid Cymru	721