UK general elections › 2017 › Cardiff West
Cardiff West — 2017
Kevin Brennan (Labour Party) was elected with 26,425 votes— 56.7% of 46,629 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,629
| 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 | Kevin Brennan | Labour Party | 26,425 | 56.7% | +6.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matt Smith | Conservative Party | 13,874 | 29.8% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Deem | Plaid Cymru | 4,418 | 9.5% | — | |
| 4 | Alex Meredith | Liberal Democrats | 1,214 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Lewis | UK Independence Party | 698 | 1.5% | — |
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.