UK general elections › 2015 › Southampton, Itchen
Southampton, Itchen — 2015
Royston Smith (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,656 votes— 41.7% of 44,710 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. 41.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,710
| 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 | Royston Smith | Conservative Party | 18,656 | −8.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Rowenna Davis | Labour Party | 16,340 | — | ||
| 3 | Kim Rose | UK Independence Party | 6,010 | — | ||
| 4 | John Spottiswoode | Green Party | 1,876 | — | ||
| 5 | Eleanor Bell | Liberal Democrats | 1,595 | — | ||
| 6 | Sue Atkins | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 233 | — |
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.