UK general elections › 2015 › Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland — 2015
Helen Goodman (Labour Party) was elected with 16,307 votes— 41.4% of 39,389 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. 41.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,389
| 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 | Helen Goodman | Labour Party | 16,307 | 41.4% | −8.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Christopher Adams | Conservative Party | 12,799 | 32.5% | — | |
| 3 | Rhys Burris | UK Independence Party | 7,015 | 17.8% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen White | Liberal Democrats | 1,723 | 4.4% | — | |
| 5 | Thom Robinson | Green Party | 1,545 | 3.9% | — |
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.