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Hartlepool — 2015

Iain Wright (Labour Party) was elected with 14,076 votes— 35.6% of 39,490 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. 35.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −14.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,490

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
1Iain Wright Labour Party 14,076−14.4 ptsElected
2Philip Broughton UK Independence Party 11,052—
3Richard Royal Conservative Party 8,256—
4Stephen Picton Independent 2,954—
5Michael Holt Green Party 1,341—
6Sandra Allison Save Hartlepool Hospital 849—
7Hilary Allen Liberal Democrats 761—
8John Hobbs Independent 201—

Electorate 69,947 · Turnout 56.5% · Majority 3,024 · 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.