UK general elections › 2015 › Maidstone and The Weald
Maidstone and The Weald — 2015
Helen Grant (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,745 votes— 45.5% of 50,010 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. 45.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,010
| 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 | Helen Grant | Conservative Party | 22,745 | −4.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jasper Gerard | Liberal Democrats | 12,036 | — | ||
| 3 | Eddie Powell | UK Independence Party | 7,930 | — | ||
| 4 | Allen Simpson | Labour Party | 5,268 | — | ||
| 5 | Hannah Patton | Green Party | 1,396 | — | ||
| 6 | Paul Hobday | National Health Action Party | 583 | — | ||
| 7 | Robin Kinrade | Independent | 52 | — |
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.