UK general elections › 2015 › Barnsley East
Barnsley East — 2015
Michael Dugher (Labour Party) was elected with 21,079 votes— 54.7% of 38,517 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,517
| 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 | Michael Dugher | Labour Party | 21,079 | 54.7% | +4.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Swiffen | UK Independence Party | 9,045 | 23.5% | — | |
| 3 | Katharine Harborne | Conservative Party | 5,622 | 14.6% | — | |
| 4 | Ruth Coleman-Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 1,217 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Tony Devoy | Yorkshire First | 647 | 1.7% | — | |
| 6 | Kevin Riddiough | English Democrats | 440 | 1.1% | — | |
| 7 | Ralph Dyson | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 364 | 0.9% | — | |
| 8 | Billy Marsden | Vapers In Power | 103 | 0.3% | — |
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.