UK general elections › 2015 › Coventry South
Coventry South — 2015
Jim Cunningham (Labour Party) was elected with 18,472 votes— 42.3% of 43,699 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. 43,699
| 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 | Jim Cunningham | Labour Party | 18,472 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gary Ridley | Conservative Party | 15,284 | 35.0% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Taylor | UK Independence Party | 5,709 | 13.1% | — | |
| 4 | Greg Judge | Liberal Democrats | 1,779 | 4.1% | — | |
| 5 | Ben Gallaher | Green Party | 1,719 | 3.9% | — | |
| 6 | Judy Griffiths | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 650 | 1.5% | — | |
| 7 | Chris Rooney | Mainstream | 86 | 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.