UK general elections › 2015 › Llanelli
Llanelli — 2015
Nia Griffith (Labour Party) was elected with 15,948 votes— 41.3% of 38,574 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. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,574
| 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 | Nia Griffith | Labour Party | 15,948 | −8.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Vaughan Williams | Plaid Cymru | 8,853 | — | ||
| 3 | Kenneth Rees | UK Independence Party | 6,269 | — | ||
| 4 | Selaine Saxby | Conservative Party | 5,534 | — | ||
| 5 | Cen Phillips | Liberal Democrats | 751 | — | ||
| 6 | Guy Smith | Green Party | 689 | — | ||
| 7 | Siân Caiach | People First - Gwerin Gyntaf | 407 | — | ||
| 8 | Scott Jones | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 123 | — |
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.