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Election for the constituency of Islwyn on 8 June 2017

An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Islwyn, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.

Labour hold by Chris Evans with a majority of 11,412 - 31.6% - on a turnout of 64.2%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
EVANS, Chris Lab / Co-op 21,238 58.8% 9.9%
THOMAS, Dan Con 9,826 27.2% 12.1%
JONES, Darren PC 2,739 7.6% -3.1%
SMYTH, Joe UKIP 1,605 4.4% -15.1%
KIDNER, Matthew LD 685 1.9% -0.8%

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

An electorate of 56,256, having a valid vote count of 36,093 and an invalid vote count of 78.

Result declared at 01:54 on 9 June 2017.