UK general elections › 2015 › Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Newcastle upon Tyne Central — 2015
Chi Onwurah (Labour Party) was elected with 19,301 votes— 55.0% of 35,085 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 35,085
| 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 | Chi Onwurah | Labour Party | 19,301 | 55.0% | +5.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Kitchen | Conservative Party | 6,628 | 18.9% | — | |
| 3 | Daniel Thompson | UK Independence Party | 5,214 | 14.9% | — | |
| 4 | Nick Cott | Liberal Democrats | 2,218 | 6.3% | — | |
| 5 | Alexander Johnson | Green Party | 1,724 | 4.9% | — |
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.