UK general elections › 2015 › Blyth Valley
Blyth Valley — 2015
Ronnie Campbell (Labour Party) was elected with 17,813 votes— 46.3% of 38,461 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. 46.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,461
| 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 | Ronnie Campbell | Labour Party | 17,813 | 46.3% | −3.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Barry Elliott | UK Independence Party | 8,584 | 22.3% | — | |
| 3 | Greg Munro | Conservative Party | 8,346 | 21.7% | — | |
| 4 | Philip Latham | Liberal Democrats | 2,265 | 5.9% | — | |
| 5 | Dawn Furness | Green Party | 1,453 | 3.8% | — |
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.