UK general elections › 2017 › Torfaen
Torfaen — 2017
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour Party) was elected with 22,134 votes— 57.6% of 38,429 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 57.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +7.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,429
| 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 | Nick Thomas-Symonds | Labour Party | 22,134 | 57.6% | +7.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Graham Smith | Conservative Party | 11,894 | 31.0% | — | |
| 3 | Jeff Rees | Plaid Cymru | 2,059 | 5.4% | — | |
| 4 | Ian Williams | UK Independence Party | 1,490 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Best | Liberal Democrats | 852 | 2.2% | — |
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.