UK general elections › 2015 › Colchester
Colchester — 2015
Will Quince (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,919 votes— 38.9% of 48,593 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. 38.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,593
| 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 | Will Quince | Conservative Party | 18,919 | 38.9% | −11.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bob Russell | Liberal Democrats | 13,344 | 27.5% | — | |
| 3 | Jordan Newell | Labour Party | 7,852 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | John Pitts | UK Independence Party | 5,870 | 12.1% | — | |
| 5 | Mark Goacher | Green Party | 2,499 | 5.1% | — | |
| 6 | Ken Scrimshaw | Christian Peoples Alliance | 109 | 0.2% | — |
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.