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Cardiff Central — 2015

Jo Stevens (Labour Party) was elected with 15,462 votes40.0% of 38,646 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. 40.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,646

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
1Jo Stevens Labour Party 15,462−10.0 ptsElected
2Jenny Willott Liberal Democrats 10,481
3Richard Hopkin Conservative Party 5,674
4Anthony Raybould UK Independence Party 2,499
5Christopher von Ruhland Green Party 2,461
6Martin Pollard Plaid Cymru 1,925
7Steve Williams Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 110
8Kazimir Hubert Independent 34

Electorate 57,456 · Turnout 67.3% · Majority 4,981 · Back to 2015 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.