UK general elections › 2015 › Ipswich
Ipswich — 2015
Benedict Gummer (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,794 votes— 44.8% of 48,694 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. 44.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,694
| 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 | Benedict Gummer | Conservative Party | 21,794 | 44.8% | −5.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Ellesmere | Labour Party | 18,061 | 37.1% | — | |
| 3 | Maria Vigneau | UK Independence Party | 5,703 | 11.7% | — | |
| 4 | Barry Broom | Green Party | 1,736 | 3.6% | — | |
| 5 | Chika Akinwale | Liberal Democrats | 1,400 | 2.9% | — |
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.