Gerald Jones

Gerald Jones is the Labour MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently holds the Government post of Assistant Whip.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare when Gerald Jones was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 9 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
7,447
Electorate
74,460
Turnout
47.3%

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

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

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
Gerald Jones
Labour
15,791 44.8% -6.9%
Gareth Thomas
Reform UK
8,344 23.7% 13.0%
Francis Whitefoot
Plaid Cymru
4,768 13.5% 5.4%
Amanda Jenner
Conservative
2,687 7.6% -13.0%
Jade Smith
Liberal Democrat
1,276 3.6% 0.3%
Peter Griffin
Green Party
1,231 3.5% 3.5%
Anthony Cole
Workers Party of Britain
531 1.5% 1.5%
Lorezo De Gregori
Independent
375 1.1% 1.1%
Bob Davenport
Communist Party of Britain
212 0.6% 0.6%