UK general elections › 2015 › Chesterfield
Chesterfield — 2015
Toby Perkins (Labour Party) was elected with 21,829 votes— 47.9% of 45,567 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. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,567
| 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 | Toby Perkins | Labour Party | 21,829 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mark Vivis | Conservative Party | 8,231 | 18.1% | — | |
| 3 | Stuart Yeowart | UK Independence Party | 7,523 | 16.5% | — | |
| 4 | Julia Cambridge | Liberal Democrats | 6,301 | 13.8% | — | |
| 5 | Matthew Genn | Green Party | 1,352 | 3.0% | — | |
| 6 | Matthew Whale | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 202 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | Thomas Holgate | The Peace Party - Non-violence, Justice, Environment | 129 | 0.3% | — |
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.