UK general elections › 2015 › Torfaen
Torfaen — 2015
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour Party) was elected with 16,938 votes— 44.6% of 37,937 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. 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,937
| 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 | Nick Thomas-Symonds | Labour Party | 16,938 | −5.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Graham Smith | Conservative Party | 8,769 | — | ||
| 3 | Ken Beswick | UK Independence Party | 7,203 | — | ||
| 4 | Boydd Hackley-Green | Plaid Cymru | 2,169 | — | ||
| 5 | Alison Willott | Liberal Democrats | 1,271 | — | ||
| 6 | Matt Cooke | Green Party | 746 | — | ||
| 7 | John Cox | Socialist Labour Party | 697 | — | ||
| 8 | Mark Griffiths | Communist Party of Britain | 144 | — |
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.