UK general elections › 2015 › Leeds Central
Leeds Central — 2015
Hilary Benn (Labour Party) was elected with 24,758 votes— 55.0% of 45,048 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,048
| 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 | Hilary Benn | Labour Party | 24,758 | 55.0% | +5.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nicola Wilson | Conservative Party | 7,791 | 17.3% | — | |
| 3 | Luke Senior | UK Independence Party | 7,082 | 15.7% | — | |
| 4 | Michael Hayton | Green Party | 3,558 | 7.9% | — | |
| 5 | Emma Spriggs | Liberal Democrats | 1,529 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Liz Kitching | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 330 | 0.7% | — |
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.