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Nottingham South — 2015

Lilian Greenwood (Labour Party) was elected with 20,697 votes47.6% of 43,465 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. 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,465

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
1Lilian Greenwood Labour Party 20,697−2.4 ptsElected
2Jane Hunt Conservative Party 13,761
3David Hollas UK Independence Party 4,900
4Adam McGregor Green Party 2,345
5Deborah Newton-Cook Liberal Democrats 1,532
6Andrew Clayworth Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 230

Electorate 68,987 · Turnout 63.0% · Majority 6,936 · 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.