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Swansea West — 2010

Geraint Davies (Labour Party) was elected with 12,335 votes34.7% 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

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
1Geraint Davies Labour Party 12,335−15.3 ptsElected
2Peter May Liberal Democrats 11,831
3Rene Kinzett Conservative Party 7,407
4Harri Roberts Plaid Cymru 1,437
5Alan Bateman British National Party 910
6Tim Jenkins UK Independence Party 716
7Keith Ross Green Party 404
8Ian McCloy Independent 374
9Rob Williams Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 179

Electorate 61,334 · Turnout 58.0% · Majority 504 · 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.