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Cardiff Central — 2010
Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 14,976 votes— 41.4% of 36,151 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. 41.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,151
| 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 | Jenny Willott | Liberal Democrats | 14,976 | 41.4% | −8.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jenny Rathbone | Labour Party | 10,400 | 28.8% | — | |
| 3 | Karen Robson | Conservative Party | 7,799 | 21.6% | — | |
| 4 | Chris Williams | Plaid Cymru | 1,246 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Sue Davies | UK Independence Party | 765 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Sam Coates | Green Party | 575 | 1.6% | — | |
| 7 | Ross Saunders | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 162 | 0.4% | — | |
| 8 | Mark Beech | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 142 | 0.4% | — | |
| 9 | Alun Mathias | Independent | 86 | 0.2% | — |
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.