UK general elections › 2015 › North Thanet
North Thanet — 2015
Roger Gale (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,045 votes— 49.0% 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
| 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 | Roger Gale | Conservative Party | 23,045 | 49.0% | −1.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Piers Wauchope | UK Independence Party | 12,097 | 25.7% | — | |
| 3 | Frances Rehal | Labour Party | 8,411 | 17.9% | — | |
| 4 | Edward Targett | Green Party | 1,719 | 3.7% | — | |
| 5 | George Cunningham | Liberal Democrats | 1,645 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Cemanthe McKenzie | Party for a United Thanet | 136 | 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.