UK general elections › 2010 › Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney — 2010
Dai Havard (Labour Party) was elected with 14,007 votes— 43.7% of 32,076 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. 43.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,076
| 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 | Dai Havard | Labour Party | 14,007 | −6.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Amy Kitcher | Liberal Democrats | 9,951 | — | ||
| 3 | Maria Hill | Conservative Party | 2,412 | — | ||
| 4 | Clive Tovey | Independent | 1,845 | — | ||
| 5 | Glyndwr Jones | Plaid Cymru | 1,621 | — | ||
| 6 | Richard Barnes | British National Party | 1,173 | — | ||
| 7 | Adam Brown | UK Independence Party | 872 | — | ||
| 8 | Alan Cowdell | Socialist Labour Party | 195 | — |
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.