UK general elections › 2010 › Swansea East
Swansea East — 2010
Siân James (Labour Party) was elected with 16,819 votes— 51.5% of 32,676 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,676
| 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 | Siân James | Labour Party | 16,819 | 51.5% | +1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Speht | Liberal Democrats | 5,981 | 18.3% | — | |
| 3 | Christian Holliday | Conservative Party | 4,823 | 14.8% | — | |
| 4 | Dic Jones | Plaid Cymru | 2,181 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | Clive Bennett | British National Party | 1,715 | 5.2% | — | |
| 6 | David Rogers | UK Independence Party | 839 | 2.6% | — | |
| 7 | Tony Young | Green Party | 318 | 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.