UK general elections › 2015 › Nottingham South
Nottingham South — 2015
Lilian Greenwood (Labour Party) was elected with 20,697 votes— 47.6% 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
| 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 | Lilian Greenwood | Labour Party | 20,697 | 47.6% | −2.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jane Hunt | Conservative Party | 13,761 | 31.7% | — | |
| 3 | David Hollas | UK Independence Party | 4,900 | 11.3% | — | |
| 4 | Adam McGregor | Green Party | 2,345 | 5.4% | — | |
| 5 | Deborah Newton-Cook | Liberal Democrats | 1,532 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Andrew Clayworth | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 230 | 0.5% | — |
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.