UK general elections2015 › Beverley and Holderness

Beverley and Holderness — 2015

Graham Stuart (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,363 votes48.1% of 52,677 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. 48.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,677

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Graham Stuart Conservative Party 25,36348.1%−1.9 ptsElected
2Margaret Pinder Labour Party 13,16025.0%
3Gary Shores UK Independence Party 8,79416.7%
4Denis Healy Liberal Democrats 2,9005.5%
5Richard Howarth Green Party 1,8023.4%
6Lee Walton Yorkshire First 6581.2%

Electorate 80,805 · Turnout 65.2% · Majority 12,203 · Back to 2015 overview

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.