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Pontardawe, in the Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency

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Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

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Photograph shows Pontardawe, a town in this constituency, not the whole of Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.

Your member of parliament

David Chadwick

Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrat won Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe at the 2024 general election with a majority of 1,472 votes, or 3.2 points. A swing of 1.6 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 71 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 579.

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How safe is this seat?

Marginal

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 3.2 points, which is larger than 71 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Liberal Democrat finished ahead of Conservative by 1,472 votes.

Majority

1,472

3.2% of votes cast.

Turnout

63.7%

+4.0 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

8

46,548 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
David ChadwickElectedLiberal Democrat13,73629.5%+17.3
Fay JonesConservative12,26426.3%+2.6
Matthew DorranceLabour9,90421.3%-12.4
Adam HillReform UK6,56714.1%-0.2
Emily Durrant-MunroPlaid Cymru2,2804.9%+4.2
Amerjit Kaur-DhaliwalGreen Party1,1882.6%-3.8
Jonathan HarringtonAbolish the Welsh Assembly Party3720.8%+0.8
Lady Lily The PinkOfficial Monster Raving Loony Party2370.5%+0.5

Marginal. Decided by under five points. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.

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