UK general elections2010 › Rhondda

Rhondda — 2010

Chris Bryant (Labour Party) was elected with 17,183 votes55.3% of 31,072 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 31,072

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Chris Bryant Labour Party 17,18355.3%+5.3 ptsElected
2Geraint Davies Plaid Cymru 5,63018.1%
3Paul Wasley Liberal Democrats 3,30910.6%
4Philip Howe Independent 2,5998.4%
5Juliet Henderson Conservative Party 1,9936.4%
6Taffy John UK Independence Party 3581.2%

Electorate 51,554 · Turnout 60.3% · Majority 11,553 · Back to 2010 overview

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.