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Doncaster Central — 2015
Rosie Winterton (Labour Party) was elected with 19,840 votes— 49.1% of 40,420 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. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,420
| 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 | Rosie Winterton | Labour Party | 19,840 | 49.1% | −0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Hodgson | UK Independence Party | 9,747 | 24.1% | — | |
| 3 | Zoe Metcalfe | Conservative Party | 8,386 | 20.7% | — | |
| 4 | John Brown | Liberal Democrats | 1,717 | 4.2% | — | |
| 5 | Mev Akram | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 421 | 1.0% | — | |
| 6 | David Burnett | English Democrats | 309 | 0.8% | — |
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.