UK general elections › 2015 › Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe — 2015
Nic Dakin (Labour Party) was elected with 15,393 votes— 41.7% of 36,941 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. 41.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 36,941
| 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 | Nic Dakin | Labour Party | 15,393 | −8.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jo Gideon | Conservative Party | 12,259 | — | ||
| 3 | Stephen Howd | UK Independence Party | 6,329 | — | ||
| 4 | Des Comerford | Independent | 1,097 | — | ||
| 5 | Martin Dwyer | Green Party | 887 | — | ||
| 6 | Simon Dodd | Liberal Democrats | 770 | — | ||
| 7 | Paul Elsom | Independent | 206 | — |
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.