UK general elections › 2015 › Sheffield, Heeley
Sheffield, Heeley — 2015
Louise Haigh (Labour Party) was elected with 20,269 votes— 48.2% of 42,048 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. 48.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,048
| 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 | Louise Haigh | Labour Party | 20,269 | 48.2% | −1.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Howard Denby | UK Independence Party | 7,315 | 17.4% | — | |
| 3 | Stephen Castens | Conservative Party | 6,792 | 16.2% | — | |
| 4 | Simon Clement-Jones | Liberal Democrats | 4,746 | 11.3% | — | |
| 5 | Rita Wilcock | Green Party | 2,566 | 6.1% | — | |
| 6 | Alan Munro | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 238 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | David Haslett | English Democrats | 122 | 0.3% | — |
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.