UK general elections › 2015 › Portsmouth North
Portsmouth North — 2015
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,343 votes— 47.0% of 45,390 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. 47.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,390
| 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 | Penny Mordaunt | Conservative Party | 21,343 | −3.0 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | John Ferrett | Labour Party | 10,806 | — | ||
| 3 | Mike Fitzgerald | UK Independence Party | 8,660 | — | ||
| 4 | Darren Sanders | Liberal Democrats | 2,828 | — | ||
| 5 | Gavin Ellis | Green Party | 1,450 | — | ||
| 6 | Jon Woods | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 231 | — | ||
| 7 | Steven George | The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | 72 | — |
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.