UK general elections › 2010 › Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan — 2010
Alun Cairns (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,341 votes— 41.8% of 48,667 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. 41.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,667
| 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 | Alun Cairns | Conservative Party | 20,341 | −8.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Alana Davies | Labour Party | 16,034 | — | ||
| 3 | Eluned Parrott | Liberal Democrats | 7,403 | — | ||
| 4 | Ian Johnson | Plaid Cymru | 2,667 | — | ||
| 5 | Kevin Mahoney | UK Independence Party | 1,529 | — | ||
| 6 | Rhodri Thomas | Green Party | 457 | — | ||
| 7 | John Harrold | Christian Party, Proclaiming Christ's Lordship | 236 | — |
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.