UK general elections › 2015 › St Ives
St Ives — 2015
Derek Thomas (Conservative Party) was elected with 18,491 votes— 38.3% of 48,312 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. 38.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,312
| 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 | Derek Thomas | Conservative Party | 18,491 | 38.3% | −11.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew George | Liberal Democrats | 16,022 | 33.2% | — | |
| 3 | Graham Calderwood | UK Independence Party | 5,720 | 11.8% | — | |
| 4 | Cornelius Olivier | Labour Party | 4,510 | 9.3% | — | |
| 5 | Tim Andrewes | Green Party | 3,051 | 6.3% | — | |
| 6 | Rob Simmons | Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall | 518 | 1.1% | — |
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.