UK general elections › 2010 › Caerphilly
Caerphilly — 2010
Wayne David (Labour Party) was elected with 17,377 votes— 44.9% of 38,692 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. 44.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,692
| 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 | Wayne David | Labour Party | 17,377 | 44.9% | −5.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Maria Caulfield | Conservative Party | 6,622 | 17.1% | — | |
| 3 | Lindsay Whittle | Plaid Cymru | 6,460 | 16.7% | — | |
| 4 | Kay David | Liberal Democrats | 5,688 | 14.7% | — | |
| 5 | Laurence Reid | British National Party | 1,635 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | Tony Jenkins | UK Independence Party | 910 | 2.4% | — |
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.