UK general elections › 2015 › Caerphilly
Caerphilly — 2015
Wayne David (Labour Party) was elected with 17,864 votes— 44.3% of 40,283 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. 44.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,283
| 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 | Wayne David | Labour Party | 17,864 | 44.3% | −5.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sam Gould | UK Independence Party | 7,791 | 19.3% | — | |
| 3 | Leo Docherty | Conservative Party | 6,683 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | Beci Newton | Plaid Cymru | 5,895 | 14.6% | — | |
| 5 | Katy Beddoe | Green Party | 937 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Aladdin Ayesh | Liberal Democrats | 935 | 2.3% | — | |
| 7 | Jaime Davies | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 178 | 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.