Casnewydd Islwyn
Casnewydd Islwyn is a new Senedd constituency which comprises the Westminster constituencies of Newport East and Newport West & Islwyn
1) Mike Hamilton
Dr Mike Hamilton has had a varied career, beginning in the Merchant Navy as an Engineering Officer, before doing an archaeology degree and Ph.D. at Cardiff. He has excavated in the Balkans, as well as Wiltshire, Wales, and the Outer Hebrides. He lectured for a decade at Newport University. He has been a Newport councillor, cabinet member and deputy leader of Newport City Council. One of the most active LibDem campaigners in the region. He has stood for parliament and the Senedd on three occasions, and achieved the best LibDem result in Wales when he stood for the Police and Crime Commissioner in 2024.