UK general elections › 2015 › Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport — 2015
Oliver Colvile (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,120 votes— 37.8% of 47,963 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. 37.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,963
| 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 | Oliver Colvile | Conservative Party | 18,120 | 37.8% | −12.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Luke Pollard | Labour Party | 17,597 | 36.7% | — | |
| 3 | Roy Kettle | UK Independence Party | 6,731 | 14.0% | — | |
| 4 | Libby Brown | Green Party | 3,401 | 7.1% | — | |
| 5 | Graham Reed | Liberal Democrats | 2,008 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | Laura-Jane Rossington | Communist Party of Britain | 106 | 0.2% | — |
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.