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Islwyn — 2015

Chris Evans (Labour Party) was elected with 17,336 votes— 49.0% of 35,401 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. 49.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,401

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Chris Evans Labour Party 17,336−1.0 ptsElected
2Joe Smyth UK Independence Party 6,932—
3Laura Jones Conservative Party 5,366—
4Lyn Ackerman Plaid Cymru 3,794—
5Brendan D'Cruz Liberal Democrats 950—
6Peter Varley Green Party 659—
7von Magpie Baron Official Monster Raving Loony Party 213—
8Josh Rawcliffe Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 151—

Electorate 55,697 · Turnout 63.6% · Majority 10,404 · Back to 2015 overview

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.