UK general elections › 2015 › North East Somerset
North East Somerset — 2015
Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,439 votes— 49.8% of 51,110 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. 49.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,110
| 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 | Jacob Rees-Mogg | Conservative Party | 25,439 | 49.8% | −0.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Todd Foreman | Labour Party | 12,690 | 24.8% | — | |
| 3 | Ernie Blaber | UK Independence Party | 6,150 | 12.0% | — | |
| 4 | Wera Hobhouse | Liberal Democrats | 4,029 | 7.9% | — | |
| 5 | Katy Boyce | Green Party | 2,802 | 5.5% | — |
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.