UK general elections › 2015 › Sedgefield
Sedgefield — 2015
Phil Wilson (Labour Party) was elected with 18,275 votes— 47.2% of 38,716 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. 47.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,716
| 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 | Phil Wilson | Labour Party | 18,275 | 47.2% | −2.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Scott Wood | Conservative Party | 11,432 | 29.5% | — | |
| 3 | John Leathley | UK Independence Party | 6,426 | 16.6% | — | |
| 4 | Stephen Glenn | Liberal Democrats | 1,370 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Greg Robinson | Green Party | 1,213 | 3.1% | — |
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.