UK general elections › 2015 › Chippenham
Chippenham — 2015
Michelle Donelan (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,354 votes— 47.6% of 55,407 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. 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,407
| 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 | Michelle Donelan | Conservative Party | 26,354 | 47.6% | −2.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Duncan Hames | Liberal Democrats | 16,278 | 29.4% | — | |
| 3 | Julia Reid | UK Independence Party | 5,884 | 10.6% | — | |
| 4 | Andy Newman | Labour Party | 4,561 | 8.2% | — | |
| 5 | Tina Johnston | Green Party | 2,330 | 4.2% | — |
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.