UK general elections › 2015 › South Leicestershire
South Leicestershire — 2015
Alberto Costa (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,700 votes— 53.2% of 53,926 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 53.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +3.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,926
| 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 | Alberto Costa | Conservative Party | 28,700 | 53.2% | +3.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Amanda Hack | Labour Party | 11,876 | 22.0% | — | |
| 3 | Barry Mahoney | UK Independence Party | 9,363 | 17.4% | — | |
| 4 | Geoffrey Welsh | Liberal Democrats | 3,987 | 7.4% | — |
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.