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Sefton Central — 2015

Bill Esterson (Labour Party) was elected with 26,359 votes53.8% of 49,021 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,021

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
1Bill Esterson Labour Party 26,35953.8%+3.8 ptsElected
2Valerie Allen Conservative Party 14,51329.6%
3Tim Power UK Independence Party 4,87910.0%
4Paula Keaveney Liberal Democrats 2,0864.3%
5Lindsay Melia Green Party 1,1842.4%

Electorate 67,744 · Turnout 72.4% · Majority 11,846 · 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.