UK general elections › 2015 › Elmet and Rothwell
Elmet and Rothwell — 2015
Alec Shelbrooke (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,978 votes— 48.4% of 57,797 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. 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,797
| 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 | Alec Shelbrooke | Conservative Party | 27,978 | 48.4% | −1.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Veronica King | Labour Party | 19,488 | 33.7% | — | |
| 3 | Paul Spivey | UK Independence Party | 6,430 | 11.1% | — | |
| 4 | Stewart Golton | Liberal Democrats | 2,640 | 4.6% | — | |
| 5 | Dave Brooks | Green Party | 1,261 | 2.2% | — |
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.