UK general elections › 2015 › Burton
Burton — 2015
Andrew Griffiths (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,376 votes— 49.8% of 48,974 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. 49.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,974
| 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 | Andrew Griffiths | Conservative Party | 24,376 | 49.8% | −0.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jon Wheale | Labour Party | 13,484 | 27.5% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Green | UK Independence Party | 8,658 | 17.7% | — | |
| 4 | David MacDonald | Liberal Democrats | 1,232 | 2.5% | — | |
| 5 | Sam Patrone | Green Party | 1,224 | 2.5% | — |
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.