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Eastleigh — 2015

Mims Davies (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,464 votes42.3% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Mims Davies Conservative Party 23,464−7.7 ptsElected
2Mike Thornton Liberal Democrats 14,317
3Patricia Culligan UK Independence Party 8,783
4Mark Latham Labour Party 7,181
5Ron Meldrum Green Party 1,513
6Ray Hall Beer, Baccy and Scratchings 133
7Declan Clune Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 114

Electorate 79,609 · Turnout 69.7% · Majority 9,147 · Back to 2015 overview

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.