UK general elections › 2010 › Montgomeryshire
Montgomeryshire — 2010
Glyn Davies (Conservative Party) was elected with 13,976 votes— 41.3% of 33,813 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. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 33,813
| 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 | Glyn Davies | Conservative Party | 13,976 | −8.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Lembit Opik | Liberal Democrats | 12,792 | — | ||
| 3 | Heledd Fychan | Plaid Cymru | 2,802 | — | ||
| 4 | Nick Colbourne | Labour Party | 2,407 | — | ||
| 5 | David Rowlands | UK Independence Party | 1,128 | — | ||
| 6 | Milton Ellis | National Front | 384 | — | ||
| 7 | Bruce Lawson | Independent | 324 | — |
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.