UK general elections › 2010 › Swansea West
Swansea West — 2010
Geraint Davies (Labour Party) was elected with 12,335 votes— 34.7% of 35,593 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. 34.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,593
| 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 | Geraint Davies | Labour Party | 12,335 | 34.7% | −15.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Peter May | Liberal Democrats | 11,831 | 33.2% | — | |
| 3 | Rene Kinzett | Conservative Party | 7,407 | 20.8% | — | |
| 4 | Harri Roberts | Plaid Cymru | 1,437 | 4.0% | — | |
| 5 | Alan Bateman | British National Party | 910 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | Tim Jenkins | UK Independence Party | 716 | 2.0% | — | |
| 7 | Keith Ross | Green Party | 404 | 1.1% | — | |
| 8 | Ian McCloy | Independent | 374 | 1.1% | — | |
| 9 | Rob Williams | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 179 | 0.5% | — |
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.