UK general elections2015 › Louth and Horncastle

Louth and Horncastle — 2015

Victoria Atkins (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,755 votes51.2% of 50,336 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,336

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
1Victoria Atkins Conservative Party 25,755+1.2 ptsElected
2Colin Mair UK Independence Party 10,778
3Matthew Brown Labour Party 9,077
4Lisa Gabriel Liberal Democrats 2,255
5Romy Rayner Green Party 1,549
6Daniel Simpson Lincolnshire Independents Lincolnshire First 659
7Peter Hill Official Monster Raving Loony Party 263

Electorate 74,870 · Turnout 67.2% · Majority 14,977 · 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.