UK general elections › 2015 › Chelmsford
Chelmsford — 2015
Simon Burns (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,732 votes— 51.5% of 53,817 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,817
| 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 | Simon Burns | Conservative Party | 27,732 | 51.5% | +1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Vince | Labour Party | 9,482 | 17.6% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Gough | UK Independence Party | 7,652 | 14.2% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Robinson | Liberal Democrats | 6,394 | 11.9% | — | |
| 5 | Angela Thomson | Green Party | 1,892 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Henry Boyle | Liberal | 665 | 1.2% | — |
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.