UK general elections › 2015 › North Devon
North Devon — 2015
Peter Heaton-Jones (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,341 votes— 42.7% of 52,320 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. 42.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,320
| 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 | Peter Heaton-Jones | Conservative Party | 22,341 | 42.7% | −7.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nick Harvey | Liberal Democrats | 15,405 | 29.4% | — | |
| 3 | Steve Crowther | UK Independence Party | 7,719 | 14.8% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Cann | Labour Party | 3,699 | 7.1% | — | |
| 5 | Ricky Knight | Green Party | 3,018 | 5.8% | — | |
| 6 | Gerrard Sables | Communist Party of Britain | 138 | 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.