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Leeds North East — 2015

Fabian Hamilton (Labour Party) was elected with 23,137 votes47.9% 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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Fabian Hamilton Labour Party 23,13747.9%−2.1 ptsElected
2Simon Wilson Conservative Party 15,88732.9%
3Warren Hendon UK Independence Party 3,7067.7%
4Aqila Choudhry Liberal Democrats 2,5695.3%
5Emma Carter Green Party 2,5415.3%
6Celia Foote Alliance for Green Socialism 4510.9%

Electorate 69,097 · Turnout 69.9% · Majority 7,250 · Back to 2015 overview

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.