UK general elections › 2015 › City of Chester
City of Chester — 2015
Chris Matheson (Labour Party) was elected with 22,118 votes— 43.2% of 51,161 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. 43.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,161
| 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 | Chris Matheson | Labour Party | 22,118 | 43.2% | −6.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephen Mosley | Conservative Party | 22,025 | 43.1% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Ingram | UK Independence Party | 4,148 | 8.1% | — | |
| 4 | Bob Thompson | Liberal Democrats | 2,870 | 5.6% | — |
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.