UK general elections › 2015 › Folkestone and Hythe
Folkestone and Hythe — 2015
Damian Collins (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,323 votes— 47.9% of 55,010 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. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,010
| 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 | Damian Collins | Conservative Party | 26,323 | −2.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Harriet Yeo | UK Independence Party | 12,526 | — | ||
| 3 | Claire Jeffrey | Labour Party | 7,939 | — | ||
| 4 | Lynne Beaumont | Liberal Democrats | 4,882 | — | ||
| 5 | Martin Whybrow | Green Party | 2,956 | — | ||
| 6 | Seth Cruse | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 244 | — | ||
| 7 | Rohen Kapur | Young People's Party | 72 | — | ||
| 8 | Andy Thomas-Emans | The Socialist Party of Great Britain | 68 | — |
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.