UK general elections2010 › Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent — 2010

Nick Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 16,974 votes52.4% of 32,395 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,395

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Nick Smith Labour Party 16,97452.4%+2.4 ptsElected
2Dai Davies Blaenau Gwent People's Voice 6,45819.9%
3Matt Smith Liberal Democrats 3,28510.1%
4Liz Stevenson Conservative Party 2,2657.0%
5Rhodri Davies Plaid Cymru 1,3334.1%
6Anthony King British National Party 1,2113.7%
7Mike Kocan UK Independence Party 4881.5%
8Alyson O'Connell Socialist Labour Party 3811.2%

Electorate 52,442 · Turnout 61.8% · Majority 10,516 · Back to 2010 overview

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.