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Newbury — 2015

Richard Benyon (Conservative Party) was elected with 34,973 votes61.0% of 57,300 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,300

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
1Richard Benyon Conservative Party 34,973+11.0 ptsElected
2Judith Bunting Liberal Democrats 8,605
3Catherine Anderson UK Independence Party 6,195
4Jonny Roberts Labour Party 4,837
5Paul Field Green Party 2,324
6Peter Norman Apolitical Democrats 228
7Barrie Singleton Independent 85
8Andrew Stott Patriotic Socialist Party 53

Electorate 79,512 · Turnout 72.1% · Majority 26,368 · 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.