Election for the constituency of Ceredigion on 6 May 2010

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Ceredigion, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Liberal Democrats hold by Mark Williams with a majority of 8,324 - 21.8% - on a turnout of 63.9%.

An electorate of 59,882, having a valid vote count of 38,258 and an invalid vote count of 63.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
WILLIAMS, Mark LD 19,139 50.0% 13.5%
JAMES, Penri PC 10,815 28.3% -7.6%
EVETTS, Luke Con 4,421 11.6% -0.8%
BOUDIER, Richard Lab 2,210 5.8% -6.3%
WILLIAMS, Elwyn UKIP 977 2.6% -
KIERSCH, Leila Green 696 1.8% -0.5%

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 02:20 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.

This constituency of Ceredigion was established by the 2010-2024 boundary set for Wales. This election was the first held under that boundary set. Any holds, gains and vote change percentages as a result of this election are based on notional results, which estimate the outcome of the previous election had it been contested on the new boundaries.