UK general elections › 2015 › Newcastle upon Tyne North
Newcastle upon Tyne North — 2015
Catherine McKinnell (Labour Party) was elected with 20,689 votes— 46.1% of 44,891 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. 46.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,891
| 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 | Catherine McKinnell | Labour Party | 20,689 | 46.1% | −3.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Stephen Bates | Conservative Party | 10,536 | 23.5% | — | |
| 3 | Timothy Marron | UK Independence Party | 7,447 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | Anita Lower | Liberal Democrats | 4,366 | 9.7% | — | |
| 5 | Alison Whalley | Green Party | 1,515 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Violet Rook | The North East Party | 338 | 0.8% | — |
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.