UK general elections › 2015 › Newcastle upon Tyne East
Newcastle upon Tyne East — 2015
Nicholas Brown (Labour Party) was elected with 19,378 votes— 49.4% of 39,222 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. 49.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,222
| 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 | Nicholas Brown | Labour Party | 19,378 | 49.4% | −0.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Duncan Crute | Conservative Party | 6,884 | 17.6% | — | |
| 3 | David Robinson-Young | UK Independence Party | 4,910 | 12.5% | — | |
| 4 | Wendy Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 4,332 | 11.0% | — | |
| 5 | Andrew Gray | Green Party | 3,426 | 8.7% | — | |
| 6 | Paul Phillips | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 170 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | Mollie Stevenson | Communist Party of Britain | 122 | 0.3% | — |
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.