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Ceredigion Preseli — 2024

Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) was elected with 21,738 votes46.9% of 46,302 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. 46.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,302

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
1Ben Lake Plaid Cymru 21,73846.9%−3.1 ptsElected
2Mark Williams Liberal Democrats 6,94915.0%
3Jackie Jones Labour Party (Labour and Co-operative)5,38611.6%
4Karl Pollard Reform UK 5,37411.6%
5Aled Thomas Conservative Party 4,76310.3%
6Tomos Barlow Green Party 1,8644.0%
7Taghrid Al-Mawed Workers Party of Britain 2280.5%

Electorate 75,690 · Turnout 61.2% · Majority 14,789 · Back to 2024 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved 2026-05-18, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.