UK general elections2015 › Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth — 2015

Brandon Lewis (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,089 votes42.9% of 44,469 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. 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,469

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
1Brandon Lewis Conservative Party 19,08942.9%−7.1 ptsElected
2Lara Norris Labour Party 12,93529.1%
3Alan Grey UK Independence Party 10,27023.1%
4James Joyce Liberal Democrats 1,0302.3%
5Harry Webb Green Party 9782.2%
6Sam Townley Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol 1670.4%

Electorate 69,793 · Turnout 63.7% · Majority 6,154 · 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.