UK general elections › 2015 › Eltham
Eltham — 2015
Clive Efford (Labour Party) was elected with 18,393 votes— 42.6% of 43,157 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. 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,157
| 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 | Clive Efford | Labour Party | 18,393 | 42.6% | −7.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Spencer Drury | Conservative Party | 15,700 | 36.4% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Whittle | UK Independence Party | 6,481 | 15.0% | — | |
| 4 | Alexander Cunliffe | Liberal Democrats | 1,308 | 3.0% | — | |
| 5 | James Parker | Green Party | 1,275 | 3.0% | — |
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.