UK general elections › 2015 › Cardiff West
Cardiff West — 2015
Kevin Brennan (Labour Party) was elected with 17,803 votes— 40.7% of 43,792 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. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,792
| 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 | Kevin Brennan | Labour Party | 17,803 | −9.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | James Taghdissian | Conservative Party | 11,014 | — | ||
| 3 | Neil McEvoy | Plaid Cymru | 6,096 | — | ||
| 4 | Brian Morris | UK Independence Party | 4,923 | — | ||
| 5 | Cadan ap Tomos | Liberal Democrats | 2,069 | — | ||
| 6 | Ken Barker | Green Party | 1,704 | — | ||
| 7 | Helen Jones | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 183 | — |
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.