UK general elections › 2015 › East Worthing and Shoreham
East Worthing and Shoreham — 2015
Tim Loughton (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,686 votes— 49.5% of 49,898 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. 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,898
| 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 | Tim Loughton | Conservative Party | 24,686 | 49.5% | −0.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tim Macpherson | Labour Party | 9,737 | 19.5% | — | |
| 3 | Mike Glennon | UK Independence Party | 8,267 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | Bob Smytherman | Liberal Democrats | 3,360 | 6.7% | — | |
| 5 | James Doyle | Green Party | 2,605 | 5.2% | — | |
| 6 | Carl Walker | National Health Action Party | 1,243 | 2.5% | — |
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.