General Election 2015 - Results for Islwyn constituency
7 May 2015
Winning candidate: Chris Evans
Declaration of result of poll (PDF)
- Majority: 10,404
- Electorate: 55,697
- Total number of votes cast: 35,448
- Adjusted turnout: 63.64%
- Number of postal votes cast: 7310
Vote share
|
Candidate name
|
Candidate initials
|
Party / Description
|
Votes (no.)
|
Percentage of votes won
|
|
EVANS
|
C
|
Labour and Co-operative Party
|
17,336
|
49.0%
|
|
SMYTH
|
J
|
UKIP
|
6932
|
19.6%
|
|
JONES
|
L
|
Welsh Conservative Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Geidwadol Cymru
|
5366
|
15.2%
|
|
ACKERMAN
|
L
|
Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales
|
3794
|
10.7%
|
|
D’CRUZ
|
B T
|
Welsh Liberal Democrats
|
950
|
2.7%
|
|
VARLEY
|
P
|
Wales Green Party
|
659
|
1.9%
|
|
BARON
|
V M
|
The Official Monster Raving Loony Party
|
213
|
0.6%
|
|
RAWCLIFFE
|
J
|
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|
151
|
0.4%
|
Glossary
- Electorate: The number of electors eligible to vote at this election.
- Valid votes: The total number of valid votes cast.
- Postal votes counted: The total number of postal votes which went forward to the count after postal ballot verification.
- Proxies issued: The total number of electors who appointed proxies to vote on their behalf.
- Rejected ballot: The number of ballot papers which was declared invalid for one or more of the following reasons:
- the ballot paper did not contain the official mark
- where the voter had voted for more than the specified number of candidates
- where the ballot paper contained writing or a mark by which the voter could be identified
- where the ballot paper was unmarked or where it was unclear what the voter had intended
- (A ballot paper may also be rejected in part).