UK general elections › 2015 › Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland — 2015
Tom Blenkinsop (Labour Party) was elected with 19,193 votes— 42.0% of 45,677 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. 42.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,677
| 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 | Tom Blenkinsop | Labour Party | 19,193 | 42.0% | −8.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Will Goodhand | Conservative Party | 16,925 | 37.1% | — | |
| 3 | Steve Turner | UK Independence Party | 6,935 | 15.2% | — | |
| 4 | Ben Gibson | Liberal Democrats | 1,564 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Martin Brampton | Green Party | 1,060 | 2.3% | — |
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.