UK general elections › 2017 › Clwyd West
Clwyd West — 2017
David Jones (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,541 votes— 48.1% of 40,654 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. 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,654
| 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 | David Jones | Conservative Party | 19,541 | 48.1% | −1.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gareth Thomas | Labour Party | 16,104 | 39.6% | — | |
| 3 | Dilwyn Roberts | Plaid Cymru | 3,918 | 9.6% | — | |
| 4 | Victor Babu | Liberal Democrats | 1,091 | 2.7% | — |
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.