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Maldon — 2015

John Whittingdale (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,112 votes60.6% of 48,045 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 60.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +10.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,045

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
1John Whittingdale Conservative Party 29,112+10.6 ptsElected
2Beverley Acevedo UK Independence Party 7,042
3Peter Edwards Labour Party 5,690
4Ken Martin Independent 2,424
5Zoe O'Connell Liberal Democrats 2,157
6Robert Graves Green Party 1,504
7John Marett The Sustainable Population Party 116

Electorate 69,066 · Turnout 69.6% · Majority 22,070 · 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.