UK general elections › 2010 › Pontypridd
Pontypridd — 2010
Owen Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 14,220 votes— 38.8% of 36,671 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. 38.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,671
| 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 | Owen Smith | Labour Party | 14,220 | 38.8% | −11.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Michael Powell | Liberal Democrats | 11,435 | 31.2% | — | |
| 3 | Lee Gonzalez | Conservative Party | 5,932 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Ioan Bellin | Plaid Cymru | 2,673 | 7.3% | — | |
| 5 | David Bevan | UK Independence Party | 1,229 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Simon Parsons | Socialist Labour Party | 456 | 1.2% | — | |
| 7 | Donald Watson | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 365 | 1.0% | — | |
| 8 | John Matthews | Green Party | 361 | 1.0% | — |
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.