UK general elections2015 › Bolton North East

Bolton North East — 2015

David Crausby (Labour Party) was elected with 18,541 votes43.0% 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

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
1David Crausby Labour Party 18,541−7.0 ptsElected
2James Daly Conservative Party 14,164
3Harry Lamb UK Independence Party 8,117
4Stephen Rock Liberal Democrats 1,236
5Laura Diggle Green Party 1,103

Electorate 67,895 · Turnout 63.6% · Majority 4,377 · 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.