UK general elections › 2015 › Neath
Neath — 2015
Christina Rees (Labour Party) was elected with 16,270 votes— 43.8% 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
| 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 | Christina Rees | Labour Party | 16,270 | 43.8% | −6.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Daniel Thomas | Plaid Cymru | 6,722 | 18.1% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Pritchard | UK Independence Party | 6,094 | 16.4% | — | |
| 4 | Ed Hastie | Conservative Party | 5,691 | 15.3% | — | |
| 5 | Catrin Brock | Green Party | 1,185 | 3.2% | — | |
| 6 | Clare Bentley | Liberal Democrats | 1,173 | 3.2% | — |
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.