General Election 2015 - Results for Merthyr and Rhymney constituency

7 May 2015

Winning candidate: Gerald Jones

  • Majority: 11,513
  • Electorate:
  • Total number of votes cast:
  • Adjusted turnout:
  • Number of postal votes cast:
  • Number of proxy votes cast:
  • Number of rejected votes:

Vote share

Candidate name

Candidate initials

Party / Description

Votes (no.)

Percentage of votes won

JONES

G

Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru

17,619

53.9%

ROWLANDS

D J

UKIP

6,106

18.7%

REES

B

Welsh Conservative Party Candidate / Ymgeisydd Plaid Geidwadol Cymru

3,292

10.1%

MANN

R B

Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales

3,099

9.5%

GRIFFIN

B

Welsh Liberal Democrats

1,351

4.1%

PARRIS

E M

Green Party / Plaid Werdd

603

1.8%

BLANCHE

E

Independent / Annibynnol

459

1.4%

GRIFFITHS

R D

Communist Party

186

0.6%

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).
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