UK general elections › 2015 › New Forest West
New Forest West — 2015
Desmond Swayne (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,420 votes— 59.9% of 47,410 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,410
| 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 | Desmond Swayne | Conservative Party | 28,420 | 59.9% | +9.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Bailey | UK Independence Party | 7,816 | 16.5% | — | |
| 3 | Lena Samuels | Labour Party | 5,133 | 10.8% | — | |
| 4 | Imogen Shepherd-DuBey | Liberal Democrats | 3,293 | 6.9% | — | |
| 5 | Janet Richards | Green Party | 2,748 | 5.8% | — |
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.