UK general elections › 2015 › Central Devon
Central Devon — 2015
Mel Stride (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,436 votes— 52.2% of 54,448 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,448
| 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 | Mel Stride | Conservative Party | 28,436 | 52.2% | +2.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Conway | UK Independence Party | 7,171 | 13.2% | — | |
| 3 | Lynne Richards | Labour Party | 6,985 | 12.8% | — | |
| 4 | Alex White | Liberal Democrats | 6,643 | 12.2% | — | |
| 5 | Andy Williamson | Green Party | 4,866 | 8.9% | — | |
| 6 | Arthur Price | Independent | 347 | 0.6% | — |
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.