UK general elections › 2010 › Aberavon
Aberavon — 2010
Hywel Francis (Labour Party) was elected with 16,073 votes— 51.9% of 30,958 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 30,958
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hywel Francis | Labour Party | 16,073 | 51.9% | +1.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Keith Davis | Liberal Democrats | 5,034 | 16.3% | — | |
| 3 | Caroline Jones | Conservative Party | 4,411 | 14.2% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Nicholls-Jones | Plaid Cymru | 2,198 | 7.1% | — | |
| 5 | Kevin Edwards | British National Party | 1,276 | 4.1% | — | |
| 6 | Andrew Tutton | Independent | 919 | 3.0% | — | |
| 7 | Captain Beany | New Millennium Bean Party | 558 | 1.8% | — | |
| 8 | Joe Callan | UK Independence Party | 489 | 1.6% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.