UK general elections › 2015 › Southport
Southport — 2015
John Pugh (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 13,652 votes— 31.0% of 44,101 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. 31.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −19.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,101
| 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 | John Pugh | Liberal Democrats | 13,652 | 31.0% | −19.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Damien Moore | Conservative Party | 12,330 | 28.0% | — | |
| 3 | Liz Savage | Labour Party | 8,468 | 19.2% | — | |
| 4 | Terry Durrance | UK Independence Party | 7,429 | 16.8% | — | |
| 5 | Laurence Rankin | Green Party | 1,230 | 2.8% | — | |
| 6 | Jacqueline Barlow | The Southport Party | 992 | 2.2% | — |
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.