UK general elections › 2015 › North West Leicestershire
North West Leicestershire — 2015
Andrew Bridgen (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,505 votes— 49.5% of 51,548 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. 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,548
| 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 | Andrew Bridgen | Conservative Party | 25,505 | 49.5% | −0.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jamie McMahon | Labour Party | 14,132 | 27.4% | — | |
| 3 | Andy McWilliam | UK Independence Party | 8,704 | 16.9% | — | |
| 4 | Mark Argent | Liberal Democrats | 2,033 | 3.9% | — | |
| 5 | Benjamin Gravestock | Green Party | 1,174 | 2.3% | — |
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.