UK general elections2015 › Rutland and Melton

Rutland and Melton — 2015

Alan Duncan (Conservative Party) was elected with 30,383 votes55.6% of 54,603 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,603

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
1Alan Duncan Conservative Party 30,38355.6%+5.6 ptsElected
2Richard Billington UK Independence Party 8,67815.9%
3James Moore Labour Party 8,38315.4%
4Ed Reynolds Liberal Democrats 4,4078.1%
5Alastair McQuillan Green Party 2,3254.3%
6Marilyn Gordon Independent 4270.8%

Electorate 79,693 · Turnout 68.5% · Majority 21,705 · 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.