UK general elections › 2010 › Cardiff West
Cardiff West — 2010
Kevin Brennan (Labour Party) was elected with 16,894 votes— 41.2% of 40,958 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. 41.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,958
| 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 | Kevin Brennan | Labour Party | 16,894 | 41.2% | −8.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Angela Jones-Evans | Conservative Party | 12,143 | 29.6% | — | |
| 3 | Rachael Hitchinson | Liberal Democrats | 7,186 | 17.5% | — | |
| 4 | Mohammed Sarul Islam | Plaid Cymru | 2,868 | 7.0% | — | |
| 5 | Mike Hennessey | UK Independence Party | 1,117 | 2.7% | — | |
| 6 | Jake Griffiths | Green Party | 750 | 1.8% | — |
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.