Blaenau Gwent

Blaenau Gwent is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in Wales. The seat was last held by Nick Smith (Labour) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2017 General Election

The 2017 General Election was held on 8 June 2017. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
11,907
Electorate
51,227
Turnout
63.2%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Nick Smith
Labour
18,787 58.0% 0.0%
Nigel Copner
Plaid Cymru
6,880 21.2% 12.3%
Tracey West
Conservative
4,783 14.8% 4.0%
Dennis May
UK Independence Party
973 3.0% -14.9%
Vicki Browning
Independent
666 2.1% 2.1%
Cameron Sullivan
Liberal Democrat
295 0.9% -1.0%