UK general elections › 2015 › Rayleigh and Wickford
Rayleigh and Wickford — 2015
Mark Francois (Conservative Party) was elected with 29,088 votes— 54.7% of 53,220 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,220
| 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 | Mark Francois | Conservative Party | 29,088 | 54.7% | +4.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Hayter | UK Independence Party | 11,858 | 22.3% | — | |
| 3 | David Hough | Labour Party | 6,705 | 12.6% | — | |
| 4 | Linda Kendall | Independent | 2,418 | 4.5% | — | |
| 5 | Mike Pitt | Liberal Democrats | 1,622 | 3.0% | — | |
| 6 | Sarah Yapp | Green Party | 1,529 | 2.9% | — |
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.