UK general elections › 2015 › Bristol East
Bristol East — 2015
Kerry McCarthy (Labour Party) was elected with 18,148 votes— 39.3% of 46,213 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. 39.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,213
| 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 | Kerry McCarthy | Labour Party | 18,148 | −10.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Theo Clarke | Conservative Party | 14,168 | — | ||
| 3 | James McMurray | UK Independence Party | 7,152 | — | ||
| 4 | Lorraine Francis | Green Party | 3,827 | — | ||
| 5 | Abdul Malik | Liberal Democrats | 2,689 | — | ||
| 6 | Matt Gordon | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 229 | — |
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.