UK general elections › 2015 › Ellesmere Port and Neston
Ellesmere Port and Neston — 2015
Justin Madders (Labour Party) was elected with 22,316 votes— 47.8% of 46,727 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. 47.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,727
| 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 | Justin Madders | Labour Party | 22,316 | 47.8% | −2.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Katherine Fletcher | Conservative Party | 16,041 | 34.3% | — | |
| 3 | Jonathan Starkey | UK Independence Party | 5,594 | 12.0% | — | |
| 4 | Trish Derraugh | Liberal Democrats | 1,563 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | Michelle Palmer | Green Party | 990 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Felicity Dowling | Left Unity | 192 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | John Dyer | Independent | 31 | 0.1% | — |
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.