UK general elections › 2015 › Corby
Corby — 2015
Tom Pursglove (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,023 votes— 42.8% of 56,174 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. 42.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,174
| 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 | Tom Pursglove | Conservative Party | 24,023 | −7.2 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Andy Sawford | Labour Party | 21,611 | — | ||
| 3 | Margot Parker | UK Independence Party | 7,708 | — | ||
| 4 | Peter Harris | Liberal Democrats | 1,458 | — | ||
| 5 | Jonathan Hornett | Green Party | 1,374 | — |
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.