UK general elections › 2010 › Rhondda
Rhondda — 2010
Chris Bryant (Labour Party) was elected with 17,183 votes— 55.3% 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
| 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 | Chris Bryant | Labour Party | 17,183 | 55.3% | +5.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Geraint Davies | Plaid Cymru | 5,630 | 18.1% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Wasley | Liberal Democrats | 3,309 | 10.6% | — | |
| 4 | Philip Howe | Independent | 2,599 | 8.4% | — | |
| 5 | Juliet Henderson | Conservative Party | 1,993 | 6.4% | — | |
| 6 | Taffy John | UK Independence Party | 358 | 1.2% | — |
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.