General Election 2015 - Results for Caerphilly constituency
7 May 2015
Winning candidate: Wayne David
Declaration of result of poll (PDF)
- Majority: 10,073
- Electorate: 63,603
- Total number of votes cast: 40,368
- Adjusted turnout: 63.47%
- Number of postal votes cast: 8879
Vote share
|
Candidate name
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Candidate initials
|
Party / Description
|
Votes (no.)
|
Percentage of votes won
|
|
DAVID
|
W
|
Welsh Labour / Llafur Cymru
|
17,864
|
44.3%
|
|
GOULD
|
S
|
UKIP
|
7791
|
19.3%
|
|
DOCHERTY
|
L
|
Welsh Conservative Party Candidate
|
6683
|
16.6%
|
|
NEWTON
|
B
|
Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales
|
5895
|
14.6%
|
|
BEDDOE
|
K
|
Wales Green Party
|
937
|
2.3%
|
|
AYESH
|
A
|
Welsh Liberal Democrats
|
935
|
2.3%
|
|
DAVIES
|
J S G
|
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
|
178
|
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).