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Central Devon — 2015

Mel Stride (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,436 votes52.2% 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

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
1Mel Stride Conservative Party 28,43652.2%+2.2 ptsElected
2John Conway UK Independence Party 7,17113.2%
3Lynne Richards Labour Party 6,98512.8%
4Alex White Liberal Democrats 6,64312.2%
5Andy Williamson Green Party 4,8668.9%
6Arthur Price Independent 3470.6%

Electorate 72,737 · Turnout 74.9% · Majority 21,265 · 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.