UK general elections › 2015 › Rhondda
Rhondda — 2015
Chris Bryant (Labour Party) was elected with 15,976 votes— 50.7% of 31,538 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 31,538
| 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 | Chris Bryant | Labour Party | 15,976 | 50.7% | +0.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Shelley Rees-Owen | Plaid Cymru | 8,521 | 27.0% | — | |
| 3 | Ronald Hughes | UK Independence Party | 3,998 | 12.7% | — | |
| 4 | Lyn Hudson | Conservative Party | 2,116 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | George Summers | Liberal Democrats | 474 | 1.5% | — | |
| 6 | Lisa Rapado | Green Party | 453 | 1.4% | — |
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.