UK general elections › 2015 › Eastbourne
Eastbourne — 2015
Caroline Ansell (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,934 votes— 39.6% of 52,907 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. 39.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,907
| 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 | Caroline Ansell | Conservative Party | 20,934 | 39.6% | −10.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephen Lloyd | Liberal Democrats | 20,201 | 38.2% | — | |
| 3 | Nigel Jones | UK Independence Party | 6,139 | 11.6% | — | |
| 4 | Jake Lambert | Labour Party | 4,143 | 7.8% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Durling | Green Party | 1,351 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Howard | Independent | 139 | 0.3% | — |
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.