UK general elections › 2015 › Blackburn
Blackburn — 2015
Kate Hollern (Labour Party) was elected with 24,762 votes— 56.3% of 43,999 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,999
| 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 | Kate Hollern | Labour Party | 24,762 | 56.3% | +6.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bob Eastwood | Conservative Party | 12,002 | 27.3% | — | |
| 3 | Dayle Taylor | UK Independence Party | 6,280 | 14.3% | — | |
| 4 | Gordon Lishman | Liberal Democrats | 955 | 2.2% | — |
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.