UK general elections › 2015 › Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney — 2015
Gerald Jones (Labour Party) was elected with 17,619 votes— 53.9% of 32,715 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,715
| 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 | Gerald Jones | Labour Party | 17,619 | 53.9% | +3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Rowlands | UK Independence Party | 6,106 | 18.7% | — | |
| 3 | Bill Rees | Conservative Party | 3,292 | 10.1% | — | |
| 4 | Rhayna Mann | Plaid Cymru | 3,099 | 9.5% | — | |
| 5 | Bob Griffin | Liberal Democrats | 1,351 | 4.1% | — | |
| 6 | Elspeth Parris | Green Party | 603 | 1.8% | — | |
| 7 | Eddy Blanche | Independent | 459 | 1.4% | — | |
| 8 | Robert Griffiths | Communist Party of Britain | 186 | 0.6% | — |
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.