UK general elections › 2015 › Southampton, Test
Southampton, Test — 2015
Alan Whitehead (Labour Party) was elected with 18,017 votes— 41.3% of 43,652 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. 41.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −8.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,652
| 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 | Alan Whitehead | Labour Party | 18,017 | −8.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jeremy Moulton | Conservative Party | 14,207 | — | ||
| 3 | Pearline Hingston | UK Independence Party | 5,566 | — | ||
| 4 | Angela Mawle | Green Party | 2,568 | — | ||
| 5 | Adrian Ford | Liberal Democrats | 2,121 | — | ||
| 6 | Chris Davis | Independent | 770 | — | ||
| 7 | Nick Chaffey | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 403 | — |
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.