UK general elections › 2010 › Torfaen
Torfaen — 2010
Paul Murphy (Labour Party) was elected with 16,847 votes— 44.8% of 37,640 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. 44.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,640
| 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 | Paul Murphy | Labour Party | 16,847 | 44.8% | −5.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jon Burns | Conservative Party | 7,541 | 20.0% | — | |
| 3 | David Morgan | Liberal Democrats | 6,264 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | Rhys ab ab Elis | Plaid Cymru | 2,005 | 5.3% | — | |
| 5 | Jennifer Noble | British National Party | 1,657 | 4.4% | — | |
| 6 | Fred Wildgust | Independent | 1,419 | 3.8% | — | |
| 7 | Gareth Dunn | UK Independence Party | 862 | 2.3% | — | |
| 8 | Richard Turner-Thomas | Independent | 607 | 1.6% | — | |
| 9 | Owen Clarke | Green Party | 438 | 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.