UK general elections › 2015 › Forest of Dean
Forest of Dean — 2015
Mark Harper (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,191 votes— 46.8% of 49,520 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. 46.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,520
| 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 | Mark Harper | Conservative Party | 23,191 | 46.8% | −3.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Steve Parry-Hearn | Labour Party | 12,204 | 24.6% | — | |
| 3 | Steve Stanbury | UK Independence Party | 8,792 | 17.8% | — | |
| 4 | James Greenwood | Green Party | 2,703 | 5.5% | — | |
| 5 | Chris Coleman | Liberal Democrats | 2,630 | 5.3% | — |
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.