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Leeds North West — 2015

Greg Mulholland (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 15,948 votes36.8% of 43,357 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. 36.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −13.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,357

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
1Greg Mulholland Liberal Democrats 15,94836.8%−13.2 ptsElected
2Alex Sobel Labour Party 13,04130.1%
3Alex Story Conservative Party 8,08318.6%
4Tim Goodall Green Party 3,0427.0%
5Julian Metcalfe UK Independence Party 2,9976.9%
6Bob Buxton Yorkshire First 1430.3%
7Mike Davies Alliance for Green Socialism 790.2%
8Mark Flanagan The Above and Beyond Party 240.1%

Electorate 61,974 · Turnout 70.0% · Majority 2,907 · 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.