UK general elections › 2015 › Northampton South
Northampton South — 2015
David Mackintosh (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,163 votes— 41.6% of 38,884 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. 41.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,884
| 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 | David Mackintosh | Conservative Party | 16,163 | 41.6% | −8.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Kevin McKeever | Labour Party | 12,370 | 31.8% | — | |
| 3 | Rose Gibbins | UK Independence Party | 7,114 | 18.3% | — | |
| 4 | Sadik Chaudhury | Liberal Democrats | 1,673 | 4.3% | — | |
| 5 | Julie Hawkins | Green Party | 1,403 | 3.6% | — | |
| 6 | Kevin Willsher | Independent | 161 | 0.4% | — |
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.