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Amber Valley — 2015
Nigel Mills (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,106 votes— 44.0% of 45,717 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,717
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigel Mills | Conservative Party | 20,106 | 44.0% | −6.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kevin Gillott | Labour Party | 15,901 | 34.8% | — | |
| 3 | Stuart Bent | UK Independence Party | 7,263 | 15.9% | — | |
| 4 | Kate Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,360 | 3.0% | — | |
| 5 | John Devine | Green Party | 1,087 | 2.4% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.