UK general elections › 2015 › Leeds North East
Leeds North East — 2015
Fabian Hamilton (Labour Party) was elected with 23,137 votes— 47.9% of 48,291 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. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,291
| 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 | Fabian Hamilton | Labour Party | 23,137 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Wilson | Conservative Party | 15,887 | 32.9% | — | |
| 3 | Warren Hendon | UK Independence Party | 3,706 | 7.7% | — | |
| 4 | Aqila Choudhry | Liberal Democrats | 2,569 | 5.3% | — | |
| 5 | Emma Carter | Green Party | 2,541 | 5.3% | — | |
| 6 | Celia Foote | Alliance for Green Socialism | 451 | 0.9% | — |
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.