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Blyth Valley — 2015

Ronnie Campbell (Labour Party) was elected with 17,813 votes46.3% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Ronnie Campbell Labour Party 17,81346.3%−3.7 ptsElected
2Barry Elliott UK Independence Party 8,58422.3%
3Greg Munro Conservative Party 8,34621.7%
4Philip Latham Liberal Democrats 2,2655.9%
5Dawn Furness Green Party 1,4533.8%

Electorate 61,247 · Turnout 62.8% · Majority 9,229 · Back to 2015 overview

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.