UK general elections › 2015 › Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle — 2015
Alan Johnson (Labour Party) was elected with 15,646 votes— 49.2% of 31,803 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. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 31,803
| 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 | Alan Johnson | Labour Party | 15,646 | 49.2% | −0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Salvidge | UK Independence Party | 6,313 | 19.9% | — | |
| 3 | Jo Barker | Conservative Party | 5,561 | 17.5% | — | |
| 4 | Claire Thomas | Liberal Democrats | 3,169 | 10.0% | — | |
| 5 | Angela Needham | Green Party | 943 | 3.0% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Spooner | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 171 | 0.5% | — |
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.