UK general elections › 2024 › Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare
Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare — 2024
Gerald Jones (Labour Party) was elected with 15,791 votes— 44.8% of 35,215 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. 44.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,215
| 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 | Gerald Jones | Labour Party | 15,791 | 44.8% | −5.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gareth Thomas | Reform UK | 8,344 | 23.7% | — | |
| 3 | Francis Whitefoot | Plaid Cymru | 4,768 | 13.5% | — | |
| 4 | Amanda Jenner | Conservative Party | 2,687 | 7.6% | — | |
| 5 | Jade Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,276 | 3.6% | — | |
| 6 | Peter Griffin | Green Party | 1,231 | 3.5% | — | |
| 7 | Anthony Cole | Workers Party of Britain | 531 | 1.5% | — | |
| 8 | Lorezo De Gregori | Independent | 375 | 1.1% | — | |
| 9 | Bob Davenport | Communist Party of Britain | 212 | 0.6% | — |
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.