UK general elections › 2015 › Colne Valley
Colne Valley — 2015
Jason McCartney (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,246 votes— 44.4% of 56,800 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. 44.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,800
| 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 | Jason McCartney | Conservative Party | 25,246 | 44.4% | −5.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jane East | Labour Party | 19,868 | 35.0% | — | |
| 3 | Melanie Roberts | UK Independence Party | 5,734 | 10.1% | — | |
| 4 | Cahal Burke | Liberal Democrats | 3,407 | 6.0% | — | |
| 5 | Chas Ball | Green Party | 1,919 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Salveson | Yorkshire First | 572 | 1.0% | — | |
| 7 | Melodie Staniforth | Independent | 54 | 0.1% | — |
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.