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Rugby — 2015

Mark Pawsey (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,040 votes49.1% of 49,006 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. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,006

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
1Mark Pawsey Conservative Party 24,040−0.9 ptsElected
2Claire Edwards Labour Party 13,695
3Gordon Davies UK Independence Party 6,855
4Ed Goncalves Liberal Democrats 2,776
5Terry White Green Party 1,415
6Pete McLaren Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 225

Electorate 71,655 · Turnout 68.4% · Majority 10,345 · 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.