UK general elections › 2015 › South Ribble
South Ribble — 2015
Seema Kennedy (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,313 votes— 46.4% of 52,370 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. 46.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,370
| 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 | Seema Kennedy | Conservative Party | 24,313 | 46.4% | −3.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Veronica Bennett | Labour Party | 18,368 | 35.1% | — | |
| 3 | David Gallagher | UK Independence Party | 7,377 | 14.1% | — | |
| 4 | Sue McGuire | Liberal Democrats | 2,312 | 4.4% | — |
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.