UK general elections › 2015 › Portsmouth South
Portsmouth South — 2015
Flick Drummond (Conservative Party) was elected with 14,585 votes— 34.8% of 41,903 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. 34.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −15.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,903
| 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 | Flick Drummond | Conservative Party | 14,585 | 34.8% | −15.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gerald Vernon-Jackson | Liberal Democrats | 9,344 | 22.3% | — | |
| 3 | Sue Castillon | Labour Party | 8,184 | 19.5% | — | |
| 4 | Steve Harris | UK Independence Party | 5,595 | 13.4% | — | |
| 5 | Ian McCulloch | Green Party | 3,145 | 7.5% | — | |
| 6 | Mike Hancock | Independent | 716 | 1.7% | — | |
| 7 | Sean Hoyle | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 235 | 0.6% | — | |
| 8 | Don Jerrard | The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party | 99 | 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.