UK general elections › 2015 › Sheffield, Hallam
Sheffield, Hallam — 2015
Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 22,215 votes— 40.0% of 55,481 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. 40.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,481
| 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 | Nick Clegg | Liberal Democrats | 22,215 | 40.0% | −10.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Oliver Coppard | Labour Party | 19,862 | 35.8% | — | |
| 3 | Ian Walker | Conservative Party | 7,544 | 13.6% | — | |
| 4 | Joe Jenkins | UK Independence Party | 3,575 | 6.4% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Garbutt | Green Party | 1,772 | 3.2% | — | |
| 6 | Carlton Reeve | Independent | 249 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | Steve Clegg | English Democrats | 167 | 0.3% | — | |
| 8 | Jim Stop The Fiasco Wild | Independent | 97 | 0.2% | — |
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.