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Portsmouth South — 2015

Flick Drummond (Conservative Party) was elected with 14,585 votes34.8% 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

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
1Flick Drummond Conservative Party 14,585−15.2 ptsElected
2Gerald Vernon-Jackson Liberal Democrats 9,344
3Sue Castillon Labour Party 8,184
4Steve Harris UK Independence Party 5,595
5Ian McCulloch Green Party 3,145
6Mike Hancock Independent 716
7Sean Hoyle Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 235
8Don Jerrard The Justice & Anti-Corruption Party 99

Electorate 71,639 · Turnout 58.5% · Majority 5,241 · 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.