UK general elections › 2015 › Morley and Outwood
Morley and Outwood — 2015
Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,776 votes— 38.9% of 48,250 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. 38.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,250
| 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 | Andrea Jenkyns | Conservative Party | 18,776 | 38.9% | −11.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ed Balls | Labour Party | 18,354 | 38.0% | — | |
| 3 | David Dews | UK Independence Party | 7,951 | 16.5% | — | |
| 4 | Rebecca Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 1,426 | 3.0% | — | |
| 5 | Martin Hemingway | Green Party | 1,264 | 2.6% | — | |
| 6 | Arnie Craven | Yorkshire First | 479 | 1.0% | — |
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.