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Llangennech, in the Llanelli constituency

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Llanelli

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Photograph shows Llangennech, a village in this constituency, not the whole of Llanelli.

Your member of parliament

Dame Nia Griffith

Labour

Labour won Llanelli at the 2024 general election with a majority of 1,504 votes, or 3.7 points. A swing of 1.9 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 85 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 565.

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How safe is this seat?

Marginal

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 3.7 points, which is larger than 85 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 1,504 votes.

Majority

1,504

3.7% of votes cast.

Turnout

57.0%

-2.7 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

7

40,744 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Nia GriffithElectedLabour12,75131.3%-2.4
Gareth BeerReform UK11,24727.6%+13.3
Rhodri DaviesPlaid Cymru9,51123.3%+22.7
Charlie EvansConservative4,27510.5%-13.2
Chris PassmoreLiberal Democrat1,2543.1%-9.1
Karen LaurenceGreen Party1,1062.7%-3.7
Stan RobinsonUK Independence Party6001.5%+1.4

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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