UK general elections › 2015 › Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr — 2015
Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru) was elected with 15,140 votes— 38.4% of 39,399 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. 38.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,399
| 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 | Jonathan Edwards | Plaid Cymru | 15,140 | −11.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Calum Higgins | Labour Party | 9,541 | — | ||
| 3 | Matthew Paul | Conservative Party | 8,336 | — | ||
| 4 | Norma Woodward | UK Independence Party | 4,363 | — | ||
| 5 | Ben Rice | Green Party | 1,091 | — | ||
| 6 | Sara Lloyd Williams | Liberal Democrats | 928 | — |
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.