UK general elections › 2015 › Blackpool North and Cleveleys
Blackpool North and Cleveleys — 2015
Paul Maynard (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,508 votes— 44.4% of 39,393 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. 44.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,393
| 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 | Paul Maynard | Conservative Party | 17,508 | 44.4% | −5.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Samuel Rushworth | Labour Party | 14,168 | 36.0% | — | |
| 3 | Simon Noble | UK Independence Party | 5,823 | 14.8% | — | |
| 4 | Sue Close | Liberal Democrats | 948 | 2.4% | — | |
| 5 | John Warnock | Green Party | 889 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | James Walsh | The Northern Party | 57 | 0.1% | — |
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.