UK general elections2015 › Selby and Ainsty

Selby and Ainsty — 2015

Nigel Adams (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,725 votes52.5% of 52,804 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,804

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
1Nigel Adams Conservative Party 27,725+2.5 ptsElected
2Mark Hayes Labour Party 14,168
3Colin Heath UK Independence Party 7,389
4Nicola Turner Liberal Democrats 1,920
5Ian Richards Green Party 1,465
6Ian Wilson Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 137

Electorate 76,082 · Turnout 69.4% · Majority 13,557 · 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.