UK general elections › 2015 › Hertsmere
Hertsmere — 2015
Oliver Dowden (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,696 votes— 59.3% of 50,091 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,091
| 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 | Oliver Dowden | Conservative Party | 29,696 | 59.3% | +9.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Butler | Labour Party | 11,235 | 22.4% | — | |
| 3 | Frank Ward | UK Independence Party | 6,383 | 12.7% | — | |
| 4 | Sophie Bowler | Liberal Democrats | 2,777 | 5.5% | — |
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.