UK general elections › 2015 › Hazel Grove
Hazel Grove — 2015
William Wragg (Conservative Party) was elected with 17,882 votes— 41.4% of 43,219 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. 41.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,219
| 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 | William Wragg | Conservative Party | 17,882 | 41.4% | −8.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Lisa Smart | Liberal Democrats | 11,330 | 26.2% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Taylor | Labour Party | 7,584 | 17.5% | — | |
| 4 | Darran Palmer | UK Independence Party | 5,283 | 12.2% | — | |
| 5 | Graham Reid | Green Party | 1,140 | 2.6% | — |
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.