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Rotherham — 2015

Sarah Champion (Labour Party) was elected with 19,860 votes52.5% 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

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
1Sarah Champion Labour Party 19,860+2.5 ptsElected
2Jane Collins UK Independence Party 11,414
3Sebastian Lowe Conservative Party 4,656
4Janice Middleton Liberal Democrats 1,093
5Pat McLaughlin Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 409
6Adam Walker British National Party 225
7Dean Walker English Democrats 166

Electorate 63,698 · Turnout 59.4% · Majority 8,446 · 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.