UK general elections › 2015 › Cheltenham
Cheltenham — 2015
Alex Chalk (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,790 votes— 46.1% of 53,735 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. 46.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,735
| 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 | Alex Chalk | Conservative Party | 24,790 | 46.1% | −3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Martin Horwood | Liberal Democrats | 18,274 | 34.0% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Gilbert | Labour Party | 3,902 | 7.3% | — | |
| 4 | Christina Simmonds | UK Independence Party | 3,808 | 7.1% | — | |
| 5 | Adam Van Coevorden | Green Party | 2,689 | 5.0% | — | |
| 6 | Richard Lupson-Darnell | Independent | 272 | 0.5% | — |
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.