UK general elections › 2015 › Barnsley Central
Barnsley Central — 2015
Dan Jarvis (Labour Party) was elected with 20,376 votes— 55.7% of 36,560 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,560
| 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 | Dan Jarvis | Labour Party | 20,376 | 55.7% | +5.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lee Hunter | UK Independence Party | 7,941 | 21.7% | — | |
| 3 | Kay Carter | Conservative Party | 5,485 | 15.0% | — | |
| 4 | Michael Short | Green Party | 938 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | David Ridgway | Liberal Democrats | 770 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Dave Gibson | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 573 | 1.6% | — | |
| 7 | Ian Sutton | English Democrats | 477 | 1.3% | — |
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.