UK general elections › 2015 › Clwyd West
Clwyd West — 2015
David Jones (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,463 votes— 43.3% of 38,028 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. 43.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,028
| 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 | David Jones | Conservative Party | 16,463 | 43.3% | −6.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gareth Thomas | Labour Party | 9,733 | 25.6% | — | |
| 3 | Warwick Nicholson | UK Independence Party | 4,988 | 13.1% | — | |
| 4 | Marc Jones | Plaid Cymru | 4,651 | 12.2% | — | |
| 5 | Sarah Lesiter-Burgess | Liberal Democrats | 1,387 | 3.6% | — | |
| 6 | Bob English | Socialist Labour Party | 612 | 1.6% | — | |
| 7 | Rory Jepson | The Above and Beyond Party | 194 | 0.5% | — |
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.