UK general elections › 2015 › Blaydon
Blaydon — 2015
David Anderson (Labour Party) was elected with 22,090 votes— 49.2% of 44,936 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. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,936
| 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 | David Anderson | Labour Party | 22,090 | 49.2% | −0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Bell | UK Independence Party | 7,863 | 17.5% | — | |
| 3 | Alison Griffiths | Conservative Party | 7,838 | 17.4% | — | |
| 4 | Jonathan Wallace | Liberal Democrats | 5,497 | 12.2% | — | |
| 5 | Paul McNally | Green Party | 1,648 | 3.7% | — |
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.