UK general elections › 2015 › Macclesfield
Macclesfield — 2015
David Rutley (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,063 votes— 52.5% of 49,598 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,598
| 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 | David Rutley | Conservative Party | 26,063 | 52.5% | +2.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tim Roca | Labour Party | 11,252 | 22.7% | — | |
| 3 | Adrian Howard | UK Independence Party | 6,037 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | Neil Christian | Liberal Democrats | 3,842 | 7.7% | — | |
| 5 | Joan Plimmer | Green Party | 2,404 | 4.8% | — |
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.