UK general elections › 2015 › Pontypridd
Pontypridd — 2015
Owen Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 15,554 votes— 41.1% of 37,882 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. 41.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,882
| 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 | Owen Smith | Labour Party | 15,554 | −8.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Ann-Marie Mason | Conservative Party | 6,569 | — | ||
| 3 | Andrew Tomkinson | UK Independence Party | 5,085 | — | ||
| 4 | Mike Powell | Liberal Democrats | 4,904 | — | ||
| 5 | Osian Lewis | Plaid Cymru | 4,348 | — | ||
| 6 | Katy Clay | Green Party | 992 | — | ||
| 7 | Damien Biggs | Socialist Labour Party | 332 | — | ||
| 8 | Esther Pearson | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 98 | — |
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.