UK general elections › 2015 › Sherwood
Sherwood — 2015
Mark Spencer (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,833 votes— 45.0% of 50,698 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. 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,698
| 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 | Mark Spencer | Conservative Party | 22,833 | 45.0% | −5.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Léonie Mathers | Labour Party | 18,186 | 35.9% | — | |
| 3 | Sally Chadd | UK Independence Party | 7,399 | 14.6% | — | |
| 4 | Lydia Davies-Bright | Green Party | 1,108 | 2.2% | — | |
| 5 | Daniel Mosley | Liberal Democrats | 1,094 | 2.2% | — | |
| 6 | David Perkins | Class War | 78 | 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.