UK general elections › 2010 › Llanelli
Llanelli — 2010
Nia Griffith (Labour Party) was elected with 15,916 votes— 42.5% of 37,461 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. 42.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,461
| 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 | Nia Griffith | Labour Party | 15,916 | 42.5% | −7.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Myfanwy Davies | Plaid Cymru | 11,215 | 29.9% | — | |
| 3 | Christopher Salmon | Conservative Party | 5,381 | 14.4% | — | |
| 4 | Myrddin Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 3,902 | 10.4% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Marshall | UK Independence Party | 1,047 | 2.8% | — |
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.