UK general elections › 2015 › St Helens South and Whiston
St Helens South and Whiston — 2015
Marie Rimmer (Labour Party) was elected with 28,950 votes— 59.8% of 48,397 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,397
| 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 | Marie Rimmer | Labour Party | 28,950 | 59.8% | +9.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Gillian Keegan | Conservative Party | 7,707 | 15.9% | — | |
| 3 | John Beirne | UK Independence Party | 6,766 | 14.0% | — | |
| 4 | Brian Spencer | Liberal Democrats | 2,737 | 5.7% | — | |
| 5 | James Chan | Green Party | 2,237 | 4.6% | — |
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.