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 16,974+2.4 ptsElected
2Dai Davies Blaenau Gwent People's Voice 6,458
3Matt Smith Liberal Democrats 3,285
4Liz Stevenson Conservative Party 2,265
5Rhodri Davies Plaid Cymru 1,333
6Anthony King British National Party 1,211
7Mike Kocan UK Independence Party 488
8Alyson O'Connell Socialist Labour Party 381

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.