UK general elections › 2015 › Burnley
Burnley — 2015
Julie Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 14,951 votes— 37.6% of 39,746 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. 37.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,746
| 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 | Julie Cooper | Labour Party | 14,951 | 37.6% | −12.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gordon Birtwistle | Liberal Democrats | 11,707 | 29.5% | — | |
| 3 | Tom Commis | UK Independence Party | 6,864 | 17.3% | — | |
| 4 | Sarah Cockburn-Price | Conservative Party | 5,374 | 13.5% | — | |
| 5 | Mike Hargreaves | Green Party | 850 | 2.1% | — |
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.