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

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).
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