UK general elections › 2015 › Houghton and Sunderland South
Houghton and Sunderland South — 2015
Bridget Phillipson (Labour Party) was elected with 21,218 votes— 55.1% of 38,489 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,489
| 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 | Bridget Phillipson | Labour Party | 21,218 | 55.1% | +5.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Richard Elvin | UK Independence Party | 8,280 | 21.5% | — | |
| 3 | Stewart Hay | Conservative Party | 7,105 | 18.5% | — | |
| 4 | Alan Robinson | Green Party | 1,095 | 2.8% | — | |
| 5 | Jim Murray | Liberal Democrats | 791 | 2.1% | — |
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.