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Cwmbran, in the Torfaen constituency

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Torfaen

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Your member of parliament

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour

Labour won Torfaen at the 2024 general election with a majority of 7,322 votes, or 20.5 points. A swing of 10.3 points to Reform UK would take it. That makes it safer than 442 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 208.

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How safe is this seat?

Safe

Knife-edgeMedian seatFortress

A majority of 20.5 points, which is larger than 442 of the 650 seats with a published margin.

2024 general election

How the seat voted

Labour finished ahead of Reform UK by 7,322 votes.

Majority

7,322

20.5% of votes cast.

Turnout

49.8%

-9.9 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.

Candidates

8

35,705 valid votes counted.

Official figure
2024 general election result, every candidate by votes received
CandidatePartyVotesSharevs UK
Nick Thomas-SymondsElectedLabour15,17642.5%+8.8
Ian WilliamsReform UK7,85422.0%+7.7
Nathan EdmundsConservative5,73716.1%-7.6
Matthew JonesPlaid Cymru2,5717.2%+6.5
Philip DaviesGreen Party1,7054.8%-1.6
Brendan RobertsLiberal Democrat1,6444.6%-7.6
Lee DunningIndependent8812.5%+0.4
Nikki BrookeHeritage Party1370.4%+0.4

Safe. A comfortable margin. 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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