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Poole — 2015

Robert Syms (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,745 votes50.1% 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 23,74550.1%+0.1 ptsElected
2David Young UK Independence Party 7,95616.8%
3Helen Rosser Labour Party 6,10212.9%
4Philip Eades Liberal Democrats 5,57211.8%
5Adrian Oliver Green Party 2,1984.6%
6Mark Howell The Party for Poole People Ltd. 1,7663.7%
7Ian Northover Independent 540.1%

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.