UK general elections › 2015 › Southend West
Southend West — 2015
David Amess (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,175 votes— 49.8% of 44,509 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. 49.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,509
| 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 Amess | Conservative Party | 22,175 | 49.8% | −0.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Julian Ware-Lane | Labour Party | 8,154 | 18.3% | — | |
| 3 | Brian Otridge | UK Independence Party | 7,803 | 17.5% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Collins | Liberal Democrats | 4,129 | 9.3% | — | |
| 5 | Jon Fuller | Green Party | 2,083 | 4.7% | — | |
| 6 | Jeremy Moss | English Democrats | 165 | 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.