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Cynon Valley — 2017

Ann Clwyd (Labour Party) was elected with 19,404 votes61.0% of 31,802 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 31,802

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Ann Clwyd Labour Party 19,404+11.0 ptsElected
2Keith Dewhurst Conservative Party 6,166
3Liz Walters Plaid Cymru 4,376
4Ian McLean UK Independence Party 1,271
5Nicola Knight Liberal Democrats 585

Electorate 51,334 · Turnout 62.0% · Majority 13,238 · Back to 2017 overview

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.