UK general elections › 2015 › Northampton North
Northampton North — 2015
Michael Ellis (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,699 votes— 42.4% of 39,411 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. 42.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,411
| 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 | Michael Ellis | Conservative Party | 16,699 | 42.4% | −7.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sally Keeble | Labour Party | 13,454 | 34.1% | — | |
| 3 | Tom Rubython | UK Independence Party | 6,354 | 16.1% | — | |
| 4 | Tony Clarke | Green Party | 1,503 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | Angela Paterson | Liberal Democrats | 1,401 | 3.6% | — |
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.