UK general elections › 2015 › Mid Dorset and North Poole
Mid Dorset and North Poole — 2015
Michael Tomlinson (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,639 votes— 50.8% of 46,499 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,499
| 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 | Michael Tomlinson | Conservative Party | 23,639 | 50.8% | +0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Vikki Slade | Liberal Democrats | 13,109 | 28.2% | — | |
| 3 | Richard Turner | UK Independence Party | 5,663 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | Patrick Canavan | Labour Party | 2,767 | 6.0% | — | |
| 5 | Mark Chivers | Green Party | 1,321 | 2.8% | — |
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.