UK general elections › 2015 › Leeds West
Leeds West — 2015
Rachel Reeves (Labour Party) was elected with 18,456 votes— 48.0% of 38,423 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. 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,423
| 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 | Rachel Reeves | Labour Party | 18,456 | −2.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Alex Pierre-Traves | Conservative Party | 7,729 | — | ||
| 3 | Anne Murgatroyd | UK Independence Party | 7,104 | — | ||
| 4 | Andrew Pointon | Green Party | 3,217 | — | ||
| 5 | Laura Coyle | Liberal Democrats | 1,495 | — | ||
| 6 | Matthew West | Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol | 217 | — | ||
| 7 | Ben Mayor | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 205 | — |
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.