UK general elections › 2015 › Rotherham
Rotherham — 2015
Sarah Champion (Labour Party) was elected with 19,860 votes— 52.5% of 37,823 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,823
| 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 | Sarah Champion | Labour Party | 19,860 | 52.5% | +2.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Jane Collins | UK Independence Party | 11,414 | 30.2% | — | |
| 3 | Sebastian Lowe | Conservative Party | 4,656 | 12.3% | — | |
| 4 | Janice Middleton | Liberal Democrats | 1,093 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | Pat McLaughlin | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 409 | 1.1% | — | |
| 6 | Adam Walker | British National Party | 225 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Dean Walker | English Democrats | 166 | 0.4% | — |
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.