UK general elections › 2015 › Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire — 2015
Simon Hart (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,626 votes— 43.7% of 40,350 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. 43.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,350
| 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 | Simon Hart | Conservative Party | 17,626 | 43.7% | −6.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Delyth Evans | Labour Party | 11,572 | 28.7% | — | |
| 3 | John Atkinson | UK Independence Party | 4,698 | 11.6% | — | |
| 4 | Elwyn Williams | Plaid Cymru | 4,201 | 10.4% | — | |
| 5 | Gary Tapley | Green Party | 1,290 | 3.2% | — | |
| 6 | Selwyn Runnett | Liberal Democrats | 963 | 2.4% | — |
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.