UK general elections2010 › Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

Carmarthen East and Dinefwr — 2010

Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru) was elected with 13,546 votes35.6% of 38,011 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. 35.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,011

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
1Jonathan Edwards Plaid Cymru 13,54635.6%−14.4 ptsElected
2Christine Gwyther Labour Party 10,06526.5%
3Andrew Morgan Conservative Party 8,50622.4%
4Bill Powell Liberal Democrats 4,60912.1%
5John Atkinson UK Independence Party 1,2853.4%

Electorate 52,385 · Turnout 72.6% · Majority 3,481 · 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.