UK general elections › 2015 › Cynon Valley
Cynon Valley — 2015
Ann Clwyd (Labour Party) was elected with 14,532 votes— 47.7% of 30,472 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. 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 30,472
| 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 | Ann Clwyd | Labour Party | 14,532 | −2.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Cerith Griffiths | Plaid Cymru | 5,126 | — | ||
| 3 | Rebecca Rees-Evans | UK Independence Party | 4,976 | — | ||
| 4 | Keith Dewhurst | Conservative Party | 3,676 | — | ||
| 5 | Angharad Jones | Liberal Democrats | 830 | — | ||
| 6 | John Matthews | Green Party | 799 | — | ||
| 7 | Chris Beggs | Socialist Labour Party | 533 | — |
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.