UK general elections › 2015 › Rochford and Southend East
Rochford and Southend East — 2015
James Duddridge (Conservative Party) was elected with 20,241 votes— 46.4% of 43,608 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. 46.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,608
| 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 | James Duddridge | Conservative Party | 20,241 | 46.4% | −3.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ian Gilbert | Labour Party | 10,765 | 24.7% | — | |
| 3 | Floyd Waterworth | UK Independence Party | 8,948 | 20.5% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Cross | Green Party | 2,195 | 5.0% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Gwizdala | Liberal Democrats | 1,459 | 3.3% | — |
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.