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Islwyn — 2019
Chris Evans (Labour Party) was elected with 15,356 votes— 44.7% of 34,350 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. 44.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 34,350
| 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 | Chris Evans | Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative) | 15,356 | 44.7% | −5.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gavin Chambers | Conservative Party | 9,892 | 28.8% | — | |
| 3 | James Wells | The Brexit Party | 4,834 | 14.1% | — | |
| 4 | Zoe Hammond | Plaid Cymru | 2,286 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | Jo Watkins | Liberal Democrats | 1,313 | 3.8% | — | |
| 6 | Catherine Linstrum | Green Party | 669 | 1.9% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.