Elections and Governments

Our first try at a Westminster election was not very impressive. However, a lot of lessons were learned and any future attempts will benefit from that. Labour won well due to a well respected and hard working MP. Plaid in second place fought hard and UKIP and the Conservatives had a good showing. Considering our severe financial constraints I think we did well but we must seriously fund raise if we are going to fight any more constituency or regional elections and not simply have a "whip round" for funds as we need them. Many thanks for those who have donated to us. Also for the first time People First / Gwerin Gyntaf has a bank account and paypal account!

For you political pundits, we had 1,1% of the vote with 407, close to the average independent/microparty vote of 430. Here are full results courtesy of Wikipedia.

General Election 2015: Llanelli [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nia Rhiannon Griffith	15,948	41.3	−1.1
	Plaid Cymru	Vaughan Williams	8,853	23.0	−7.0
	UKIP	Kenneth Denver Rees	6,269	16.3	+13.5
	Conservative	Selaine Saxby	5,534	14.3	0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Cen Phillips	751	1.9	−8.5
	Green	Guy Martin Smith	689	1.8	N/A
	People First	Siân Mair Caiach	407	1.1	N/A
	TUSC	Scott Jones	123	0.3	N/A
Majority			7,095	18.4
Turnout			38,574	65.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.3

The UK result was of course a majority for the Conservatives who came 4th in Llanelli.

Many thanks to all the people who voted for me, put out leaflets for me and supported me through the weeks of the campaign, especially when my accident in January meant I lost my mobility and good looks for some time. Also deep gratitude to those who donated money to the campaign.