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Gloucester — 2015

Richard Graham (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,837 votes45.3% of 52,575 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. 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,575

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Richard Graham Conservative Party 23,83745.3%−4.7 ptsElected
2Sophy Gardner Labour Party 16,58631.5%
3Richard Ford UK Independence Party 7,49714.3%
4Jeremy Hilton Liberal Democrats 2,8285.4%
5Jonathan Ingleby Green Party 1,4852.8%
6George Ridgeon Official Monster Raving Loony Party 2270.4%
7Sue Powell Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1150.2%

Electorate 82,968 · Turnout 63.4% · Majority 7,251 · Back to 2015 overview

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.