UK general elections › 2017 › Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Glamorgan — 2017
Alun Cairns (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,501 votes— 47.5% of 53,718 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. 47.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,718
| 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 | Alun Cairns | Conservative Party | 25,501 | −2.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Camilla Beaven | Labour Party | 23,311 | — | ||
| 3 | Ian Johnson | Plaid Cymru | 2,295 | — | ||
| 4 | Jennifer Geroni | Liberal Democrats | 1,020 | — | ||
| 5 | Melanie Hunter-Clarke | UK Independence Party | 868 | — | ||
| 6 | Stephen Davis-Barker | Green Party | 419 | — | ||
| 7 | Sharon Lovell | Women's Equality Party | 177 | — | ||
| 8 | David Elston | Pirate Party UK | 127 | — |
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.