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Copeland — 2015
Jamie Reed (Labour Party) was elected with 16,750 votes— 42.3% of 39,631 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. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,631
| 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 | Jamie Reed | Labour Party | 16,750 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephen Haraldsen | Conservative Party | 14,186 | 35.8% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Pye | UK Independence Party | 6,148 | 15.5% | — | |
| 4 | Danny Gallagher | Liberal Democrats | 1,368 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Allan Todd | Green Party | 1,179 | 3.0% | — |
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.