UK general elections › 2015 › Charnwood
Charnwood — 2015
Edward Argar (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,384 votes— 54.3% of 52,261 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,261
| 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 | Edward Argar | Conservative Party | 28,384 | 54.3% | +4.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sean Kelly-Walsh | Labour Party | 11,453 | 21.9% | — | |
| 3 | Lyton Yates | UK Independence Party | 8,330 | 15.9% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Sansome | Liberal Democrats | 3,605 | 6.9% | — | |
| 5 | Cathy Duffy | British National Party | 489 | 0.9% | — |
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.