UK general elections › 2015 › South West Hertfordshire
South West Hertfordshire — 2015
David Gauke (Conservative Party) was elected with 32,608 votes— 56.9% of 57,267 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 57,267
| 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 | David Gauke | Conservative Party | 32,608 | 56.9% | +6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Diggins | Labour Party | 9,345 | 16.3% | — | |
| 3 | Mark Anderson | UK Independence Party | 6,603 | 11.5% | — | |
| 4 | Nigel Quinton | Liberal Democrats | 5,872 | 10.3% | — | |
| 5 | Charlotte Pardy | Green Party | 2,583 | 4.5% | — | |
| 6 | Graham Cartmell | Common Sense Party | 256 | 0.4% | — |
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.