UK general elections › 2015 › Foyle
Foyle — 2015
Mark Durkan (Social Democratic & Labour Party) was elected with 17,725 votes— 47.9% of 37,002 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. 37,002
| 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 Durkan | Social Democratic & Labour Party | 17,725 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gearóid Ó Heára | Sinn Féin | 11,679 | 31.6% | — | |
| 3 | Gary Middleton | Democratic Unionist Party | 4,573 | 12.4% | — | |
| 4 | Julia Kee | Ulster Unionist Party | 1,226 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | David Hawthorne | Alliance | 835 | 2.3% | — | |
| 6 | Kyle Thompson | UK Independence Party | 832 | 2.2% | — | |
| 7 | Hamish Badenoch | Conservative Party | 132 | 0.4% | — |
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.