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Macclesfield — 2015

David Rutley (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,063 votes52.5% 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

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
1David Rutley Conservative Party 26,06352.5%+2.5 ptsElected
2Tim Roca Labour Party 11,25222.7%
3Adrian Howard UK Independence Party 6,03712.2%
4Neil Christian Liberal Democrats 3,8427.7%
5Joan Plimmer Green Party 2,4044.8%

Electorate 71,712 · Turnout 69.2% · Majority 14,811 · 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.