UK general elections › 2015 › Pendle
Pendle — 2015
Andrew Stephenson (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,978 votes— 47.2% of 44,448 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. 47.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,448
| 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 Stephenson | Conservative Party | 20,978 | 47.2% | −2.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Azhar Ali | Labour Party | 15,525 | 34.9% | — | |
| 3 | Mick Waddington | UK Independence Party | 5,415 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | Graham Roach | Liberal Democrats | 1,487 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | Laura Fisk | Green Party | 1,043 | 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.