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Pontypridd — 2017

Owen Smith (Labour Party) was elected with 22,103 votes55.4% of 39,894 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.4% 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. 39,894

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
1Owen Smith Labour Party 22,10355.4%+5.4 ptsElected
2Juliette Ash Conservative Party 10,65526.7%
3Fflur Elin Plaid Cymru 4,10210.3%
4Michael Powell Liberal Democrats 1,9634.9%
5Robin Hunter-Clarke UK Independence Party 1,0712.7%

Electorate 60,564 · Turnout 65.9% · Majority 11,448 · 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.