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Bristol West — 2015

Thangam Debbonaire (Labour Party) was elected with 22,900 votes35.7% of 64,218 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. 35.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 64,218

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
1Thangam Debbonaire Labour Party 22,900−14.3 ptsElected
2Darren Hall Green Party 17,227
3Stephen Williams Liberal Democrats 12,103
4Claire Hiscott Conservative Party 9,752
5Paul Turner UK Independence Party 1,940
6Dawn Parry Independents for Bristol 204
7Stewart Weston Left Unity 92

Electorate 91,236 · Turnout 70.4% · Majority 5,673 · 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.