UK general elections › 2015 › Ribble Valley
Ribble Valley — 2015
Nigel Evans (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,404 votes— 48.6% of 52,243 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. 48.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,243
| 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 | Nigel Evans | Conservative Party | 25,404 | 48.6% | −1.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Hinder | Labour Party | 11,798 | 22.6% | — | |
| 3 | Shirley Parkinson | UK Independence Party | 8,250 | 15.8% | — | |
| 4 | Jackie Pearcey | Liberal Democrats | 2,756 | 5.3% | — | |
| 5 | Graham Sowter | Green Party | 2,193 | 4.2% | — | |
| 6 | David Brass | Independent | 1,498 | 2.9% | — | |
| 7 | Grace Astley | Independent | 288 | 0.6% | — | |
| 8 | Tony Johnson | The Independent Political Alliance Party | 56 | 0.1% | — |
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.