UK general elections › 2015 › Bassetlaw
Bassetlaw — 2015
John Mann (Labour Party) was elected with 23,965 votes— 48.6% of 49,289 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. 48.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,289
| 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 | John Mann | Labour Party | 23,965 | 48.6% | −1.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sarah Downes | Conservative Party | 15,122 | 30.7% | — | |
| 3 | David Scott | UK Independence Party | 7,865 | 16.0% | — | |
| 4 | Leon Duveen | Liberal Democrats | 1,331 | 2.7% | — | |
| 5 | Kris Wragg | Green Party | 1,006 | 2.0% | — |
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.