UK general elections2019 › Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney — 2019

Gerald Jones (Labour Party) was elected with 16,913 votes52.4% of 32,246 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 32,246

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
1Gerald Jones Labour Party 16,91352.4%+2.4 ptsElected
2Sara Jones Conservative Party 6,30719.6%
3Colin Jones The Brexit Party 3,60411.2%
4Mark Evans Plaid Cymru 2,4467.6%
5David Hughes Independent 1,8605.8%
6Brendan D'Cruz Liberal Democrats 1,1163.5%

Electorate 56,322 · Turnout 57.3% · Majority 10,606 · Back to 2019 overview

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.