UK general elections › 2015 › Carlisle
Carlisle — 2015
John Stevenson (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,873 votes— 44.3% of 42,587 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. 44.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,587
| 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 | John Stevenson | Conservative Party | 18,873 | 44.3% | −5.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lee Sherriff | Labour Party | 16,099 | 37.8% | — | |
| 3 | Fiona Mills | UK Independence Party | 5,277 | 12.4% | — | |
| 4 | Helen Davison | Green Party | 1,125 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Loraine Birchall | Liberal Democrats | 1,087 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | Alfred Okam | Independent | 126 | 0.3% | — |
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.