UK general elections › 2015 › Leeds East
Leeds East — 2015
Richard Burgon (Labour Party) was elected with 20,530 votes— 53.7% of 38,196 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,196
| 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 | Richard Burgon | Labour Party | 20,530 | 53.7% | +3.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ryan Stephenson | Conservative Party | 7,997 | 20.9% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Maniatt | UK Independence Party | 7,256 | 19.0% | — | |
| 4 | Ed Sanderson | Liberal Democrats | 1,296 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Kate Bisson | Green Party | 1,117 | 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.