UK general elections › 2015 › Dudley North
Dudley North — 2015
Ian Austin (Labour Party) was elected with 15,885 votes— 41.8% of 37,992 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. 37,992
| 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 | Ian Austin | Labour Party | 15,885 | 41.8% | −8.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Les Jones | Conservative Party | 11,704 | 30.8% | — | |
| 3 | Bill Etheridge | UK Independence Party | 9,113 | 24.0% | — | |
| 4 | Will Duckworth | Green Party | 517 | 1.4% | — | |
| 5 | Mike Collins | Liberal Democrats | 478 | 1.3% | — | |
| 6 | Rehan Afzal | Apni Party | 156 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | Dave Pitt | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 139 | 0.4% | — |
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.