UK general elections › 2010 › Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Clwyd — 2010
Chris Ruane (Labour Party) was elected with 15,017 votes— 42.3% of 35,534 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. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,534
| 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 Ruane | Labour Party | 15,017 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matt Wright | Conservative Party | 12,508 | 35.2% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Penlington | Liberal Democrats | 4,472 | 12.6% | — | |
| 4 | Caryl Wyn-Jones | Plaid Cymru | 2,068 | 5.8% | — | |
| 5 | Ian Si'Ree | British National Party | 827 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Tom Turner | UK Independence Party | 515 | 1.4% | — | |
| 7 | Mike Butler | Alliance for Green Socialism | 127 | 0.4% | — |
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.