UK general elections › 2010 › Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire — 2010
Simon Hart (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,649 votes— 41.1% of 40,507 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. 41.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,507
| 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 | Simon Hart | Conservative Party | 16,649 | 41.1% | −8.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nick Ainger | Labour Party | 13,226 | 32.7% | — | |
| 3 | John Gossage | Liberal Democrats | 4,890 | 12.1% | — | |
| 4 | John Dixon | Plaid Cymru | 4,232 | 10.4% | — | |
| 5 | Ray Clarke | UK Independence Party | 1,146 | 2.8% | — | |
| 6 | Henry Langen | Independent | 364 | 0.9% | — |
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.