UK general elections › 2010 › Arfon
Arfon — 2010
Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) was elected with 9,383 votes— 36.0% of 26,078 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 36.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 26,078
| 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 Williams | Plaid Cymru | 9,383 | 36.0% | −14.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alun Pugh | Labour Party | 7,928 | 30.4% | — | |
| 3 | Robin Millar | Conservative Party | 4,416 | 16.9% | — | |
| 4 | Sarah Green | Liberal Democrats | 3,666 | 14.1% | — | |
| 5 | Elwyn Williams | UK Independence Party | 685 | 2.6% | — |
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.