UK general elections › 2015 › Erewash
Erewash — 2015
Maggie Throup (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,636 votes— 42.7% of 48,322 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. 42.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,322
| 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 | Maggie Throup | Conservative Party | 20,636 | 42.7% | −7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Catherine Atkinson | Labour Party | 17,052 | 35.3% | — | |
| 3 | Philip Rose | UK Independence Party | 7,792 | 16.1% | — | |
| 4 | Martin Garnett | Liberal Democrats | 1,658 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Ralph Hierons | Green Party | 1,184 | 2.5% | — |
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.