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Morley and Outwood — 2015

Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,776 votes38.9% 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

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
1Andrea Jenkyns Conservative Party 18,77638.9%−11.1 ptsElected
2Ed Balls Labour Party 18,35438.0%
3David Dews UK Independence Party 7,95116.5%
4Rebecca Taylor Liberal Democrats 1,4263.0%
5Martin Hemingway Green Party 1,2642.6%
6Arnie Craven Yorkshire First 4791.0%

Electorate 75,820 · Turnout 63.6% · Majority 422 · 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.