UK general elections › 2015 › Dewsbury
Dewsbury — 2015
Paula Sherriff (Labour Party) was elected with 22,406 votes— 41.8% of 53,630 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. 41.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,630
| 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 | Paula Sherriff | Labour Party | 22,406 | 41.8% | −8.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Reevell | Conservative Party | 20,955 | 39.1% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Thackray | UK Independence Party | 6,649 | 12.4% | — | |
| 4 | Ednan Hussain | Liberal Democrats | 1,924 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Adrian Cruden | Green Party | 1,366 | 2.5% | — | |
| 6 | Richard Carter | Yorkshire First | 236 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | Steve Hakes | Christian Peoples Alliance | 94 | 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.