UK general elections › 2015 › Bolton North East
Bolton North East — 2015
David Crausby (Labour Party) was elected with 18,541 votes— 43.0% of 43,161 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. 43.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,161
| 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 Crausby | Labour Party | 18,541 | 43.0% | −7.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | James Daly | Conservative Party | 14,164 | 32.8% | — | |
| 3 | Harry Lamb | UK Independence Party | 8,117 | 18.8% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Rock | Liberal Democrats | 1,236 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | Laura Diggle | Green Party | 1,103 | 2.6% | — |
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.