UK general elections › 2010 › Islwyn
Islwyn — 2010
Chris Evans (Labour Party) was elected with 17,069 votes— 49.2% of 34,684 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. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 34,684
| 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 | Chris Evans | Labour Party | 17,069 | 49.2% | −0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Daniel Thomas | Conservative Party | 4,854 | 14.0% | — | |
| 3 | Steffan Lewis | Plaid Cymru | 4,518 | 13.0% | — | |
| 4 | Asghar Ali | Liberal Democrats | 3,597 | 10.4% | — | |
| 5 | Dave Rees | Independent | 1,495 | 4.3% | — | |
| 6 | John Voisey | British National Party | 1,320 | 3.8% | — | |
| 7 | Jason Crew | UK Independence Party | 930 | 2.7% | — | |
| 8 | Paul Taylor | Independent | 901 | 2.6% | — |
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.