UK general elections › 2015 › Leicester West
Leicester West — 2015
Liz Kendall (Labour Party) was elected with 16,051 votes— 46.5% of 34,522 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. 46.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 34,522
| 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 | Liz Kendall | Labour Party | 16,051 | −3.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Paul Bessant | Conservative Party | 8,848 | — | ||
| 3 | Stuart Young | UK Independence Party | 5,950 | — | ||
| 4 | Peter Hague | Green Party | 1,878 | — | ||
| 5 | Ian Bradwell | Liberal Democrats | 1,507 | — | ||
| 6 | Heather Rawling | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 288 | — |
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.