UK general elections › 2015 › South Dorset
South Dorset — 2015
Richard Drax (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,756 votes— 48.9% of 48,597 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. 48.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,597
| 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 | Richard Drax | Conservative Party | 23,756 | −1.1 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Simon Bowkett | Labour Party | 11,762 | — | ||
| 3 | Malcolm Shakesby | UK Independence Party | 7,304 | — | ||
| 4 | Howard Legg | Liberal Democrats | 2,901 | — | ||
| 5 | Jane Burnet | Green Party | 2,275 | — | ||
| 6 | Mervyn Stewkesbury | Independent | 435 | — | ||
| 7 | Andy Kirkwood | Movement for Active Democracy (M.A.D.) | 164 | — |
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.