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Delyn — 2010
David Hanson (Labour Party) was elected with 15,083 votes— 40.8% of 36,984 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. 40.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,984
| 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 | David Hanson | Labour Party | 15,083 | 40.8% | −9.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Antoinette Sandbach | Conservative Party | 12,811 | 34.6% | — | |
| 3 | Bill Brereton | Liberal Democrats | 5,747 | 15.5% | — | |
| 4 | Peter Ryder | Plaid Cymru | 1,844 | 5.0% | — | |
| 5 | Jennifer Matthys | British National Party | 844 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Andrew Haigh | UK Independence Party | 655 | 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.