UK general elections › 2015 › City of Durham
City of Durham — 2015
Roberta Blackman-Woods (Labour Party) was elected with 21,596 votes— 47.3% of 45,669 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. 47.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,669
| 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 | Roberta Blackman-Woods | Labour Party | 21,596 | −2.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Rebecca Coulson | Conservative Party | 10,157 | — | ||
| 3 | Liam Clark | UK Independence Party | 5,232 | — | ||
| 4 | Craig Martin | Liberal Democrats | 5,153 | — | ||
| 5 | Jonathan Elmer | Green Party | 2,687 | — | ||
| 6 | John Marshall | Independent | 649 | — | ||
| 7 | Jon Collings | Independent | 195 | — |
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.