UK general elections › 2010 › Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr — 2010
Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru) was elected with 13,546 votes— 35.6% 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
| 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 | Jonathan Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 13,546 | 35.6% | −14.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christine Gwyther | Labour Party | 10,065 | 26.5% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Morgan | Conservative Party | 8,506 | 22.4% | — | |
| 4 | Bill Powell | Liberal Democrats | 4,609 | 12.1% | — | |
| 5 | John Atkinson | UK Independence Party | 1,285 | 3.4% | — |
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.