UK general elections › 2015 › Hitchin and Harpenden
Hitchin and Harpenden — 2015
Peter Lilley (Conservative Party) was elected with 31,488 votes— 56.9% of 55,375 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,375
| 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 | Peter Lilley | Conservative Party | 31,488 | 56.9% | +6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Rachel Burgin | Labour Party | 11,433 | 20.6% | — | |
| 3 | John Stocker | UK Independence Party | 4,917 | 8.9% | — | |
| 4 | Pauline Pearce | Liberal Democrats | 4,484 | 8.1% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Wise | Green Party | 3,053 | 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.