UK general elections › 2010 › Neath
Neath — 2010
Peter Hain (Labour Party) was elected with 17,172 votes— 46.3% of 37,122 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. 46.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,122
| 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 | Peter Hain | Labour Party | 17,172 | −3.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Alun Llewelyn | Plaid Cymru | 7,397 | — | ||
| 3 | Frank Little | Liberal Democrats | 5,535 | — | ||
| 4 | Emmeline Owens | Conservative Party | 4,847 | — | ||
| 5 | Michael Green | British National Party | 1,342 | — | ||
| 6 | James Bevan | UK Independence Party | 829 | — |
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.