UK general elections › 2015 › Lewes
Lewes — 2015
Maria Caulfield (Conservative Party) was elected with 19,206 votes— 38.0% of 50,540 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. 38.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,540
| 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 | Maria Caulfield | Conservative Party | 19,206 | −12.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Norman Baker | Liberal Democrats | 18,123 | — | ||
| 3 | Ray Finch | UK Independence Party | 5,427 | — | ||
| 4 | Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Labour Party | 5,000 | — | ||
| 5 | Alfie Stirling | Green Party | 2,784 | — |
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.