UK general elections › 2015 › East Devon
East Devon — 2015
Hugo Swire (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,401 votes— 46.4% of 54,717 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. 46.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,717
| 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 | Hugo Swire | Conservative Party | 25,401 | 46.4% | −3.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Claire Wright | Independent | 13,140 | 24.0% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Chapman | UK Independence Party | 6,870 | 12.6% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Race | Labour Party | 5,591 | 10.2% | — | |
| 5 | Stuart Mole | Liberal Democrats | 3,715 | 6.8% | — |
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.