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Poole — 2015

Robert Syms (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,745 votes— 50.1% of 47,393 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,393

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
1Robert Syms Conservative Party 23,745+0.1 ptsElected
2David Young UK Independence Party 7,956—
3Helen Rosser Labour Party 6,102—
4Philip Eades Liberal Democrats 5,572—
5Adrian Oliver Green Party 2,198—
6Mark Howell The Party for Poole People Ltd. 1,766—
7Ian Northover Independent 54—

Electorate 72,557 · Turnout 65.3% · Majority 15,789 · 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.