UK general elections2015 › Neath

Neath — 2015

Christina Rees (Labour Party) was elected with 16,270 votes43.8% of 37,135 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. 43.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,135

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
1Christina Rees Labour Party 16,27043.8%−6.2 ptsElected
2Daniel Thomas Plaid Cymru 6,72218.1%
3Richard Pritchard UK Independence Party 6,09416.4%
4Ed Hastie Conservative Party 5,69115.3%
5Catrin Brock Green Party 1,1853.2%
6Clare Bentley Liberal Democrats 1,1733.2%

Electorate 56,097 · Turnout 66.2% · Majority 9,548 · 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.