UK general elections2015 › North Thanet

North Thanet — 2015

Roger Gale (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,045 votes49.0% of 47,053 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. 49.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,053

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Roger Gale Conservative Party 23,04549.0%−1.0 ptsElected
2Piers Wauchope UK Independence Party 12,09725.7%
3Frances Rehal Labour Party 8,41117.9%
4Edward Targett Green Party 1,7193.7%
5George Cunningham Liberal Democrats 1,6453.5%
6Cemanthe McKenzie Party for a United Thanet 1360.3%

Electorate 71,478 · Turnout 65.8% · Majority 10,948 · Back to 2015 overview

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.