UK general elections › 2015 › Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe — 2015
Kenneth Clarke (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,354 votes— 51.4% of 55,164 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,164
| 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 | Kenneth Clarke | Conservative Party | 28,354 | 51.4% | +1.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Mellen | Labour Party | 14,525 | 26.3% | — | |
| 3 | Matthew Faithfull | UK Independence Party | 5,943 | 10.8% | — | |
| 4 | George Mallender | Green Party | 3,559 | 6.5% | — | |
| 5 | Bob Johnston | Liberal Democrats | 2,783 | 5.0% | — |
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.