UK general elections › 2015 › Beverley and Holderness
Beverley and Holderness — 2015
Graham Stuart (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,363 votes— 48.1% 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
| 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 | Graham Stuart | Conservative Party | 25,363 | 48.1% | −1.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Margaret Pinder | Labour Party | 13,160 | 25.0% | — | |
| 3 | Gary Shores | UK Independence Party | 8,794 | 16.7% | — | |
| 4 | Denis Healy | Liberal Democrats | 2,900 | 5.5% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Howarth | Green Party | 1,802 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Lee Walton | Yorkshire First | 658 | 1.2% | — |
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.