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Plymouth, Moor View — 2015

Johnny Mercer (Conservative Party) was elected with 16,020 votes— 37.6% of 42,606 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. 37.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,606

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
1Johnny Mercer Conservative Party 16,020−12.4 ptsElected
2Alison Seabeck Labour Party 14,994—
3Penny Mills UK Independence Party 9,152—
4Stuart Bonar Liberal Democrats 1,265—
5Benjamin Osborn Green Party 1,023—
6Louise Parker Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 152—

Electorate 68,246 · Turnout 62.4% · Majority 1,026 · 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.