UK general elections › 2015 › Bexhill and Battle
Bexhill and Battle — 2015
Huw Merriman (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,245 votes— 54.8% of 55,218 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,218
| 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 | Huw Merriman | Conservative Party | 30,245 | 54.8% | +4.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Geoffrey Bastin | UK Independence Party | 10,170 | 18.4% | — | |
| 3 | Michelle Thew | Labour Party | 7,797 | 14.1% | — | |
| 4 | Rachel Sadler | Liberal Democrats | 4,199 | 7.6% | — | |
| 5 | Jonathan Kent | Green Party | 2,807 | 5.1% | — |
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.