UK general elections › 2015 › Eastleigh
Eastleigh — 2015
Mims Davies (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,464 votes— 42.3% of 55,505 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. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,505
| 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 | Mims Davies | Conservative Party | 23,464 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mike Thornton | Liberal Democrats | 14,317 | 25.8% | — | |
| 3 | Patricia Culligan | UK Independence Party | 8,783 | 15.8% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Latham | Labour Party | 7,181 | 12.9% | — | |
| 5 | Ron Meldrum | Green Party | 1,513 | 2.7% | — | |
| 6 | Ray Hall | Beer, Baccy and Scratchings | 133 | 0.2% | — | |
| 7 | Declan Clune | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 114 | 0.2% | — |
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.