UK general elections › 2017 › Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney — 2017
Gerald Jones (Labour Party) was elected with 22,407 votes— 66.8% of 33,545 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 66.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +16.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 33,545
| 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 | Gerald Jones | Labour Party | 22,407 | 66.8% | +16.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Pauline Jorgensen | Conservative Party | 6,073 | 18.1% | — | |
| 3 | Amy Kitcher | Plaid Cymru | 2,740 | 8.2% | — | |
| 4 | David Rowlands | UK Independence Party | 1,484 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Bob Griffin | Liberal Democrats | 841 | 2.5% | — |
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.