UK general elections › 2015 › Bolton West
Bolton West — 2015
Chris Green (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,744 votes— 40.6% of 48,592 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. 40.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,592
| 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 | Chris Green | Conservative Party | 19,744 | −9.4 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Julie Hilling | Labour Party | 18,943 | — | ||
| 3 | Bob Horsefield | UK Independence Party | 7,428 | — | ||
| 4 | Andrew Martin | Liberal Democrats | 1,947 | — | ||
| 5 | Andy Smith | Independent | 321 | — | ||
| 6 | John Vickers | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 209 | — |
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.