UK general elections › 2015 › Hove
Hove — 2015
Peter Kyle (Labour Party) was elected with 22,082 votes— 42.3% of 52,214 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. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,214
| 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 Kyle | Labour Party | 22,082 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Graham Cox | Conservative Party | 20,846 | 39.9% | — | |
| 3 | Christopher Hawtree | Green Party | 3,569 | 6.8% | — | |
| 4 | Kevin Smith | UK Independence Party | 3,265 | 6.3% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Lambell | Liberal Democrats | 1,861 | 3.6% | — | |
| 6 | Jenny Barnard-Langston | Independent | 322 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Dave Hill | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 144 | 0.3% | — | |
| 8 | Dame Dixon | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 125 | 0.2% | — |
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.