UK general elections › 2010 › Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Dwyfor Meirionnydd — 2010
Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru) was elected with 12,814 votes— 44.3% of 28,906 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. 44.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 28,906
| 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 | Elfyn Llwyd | Plaid Cymru | 12,814 | 44.3% | −5.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Baynes | Conservative Party | 6,447 | 22.3% | — | |
| 3 | Alwyn Humphreys | Labour Party | 4,021 | 13.9% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Churchman | Liberal Democrats | 3,538 | 12.2% | — | |
| 5 | Louise Hughes | Independent | 1,310 | 4.5% | — | |
| 6 | Frank Wykes | UK Independence Party | 776 | 2.7% | — |
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.