UK general elections › 2015 › Stafford
Stafford — 2015
Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative Party) was elected with 23,606 votes— 48.4% of 48,767 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. 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,767
| 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 | Jeremy Lefroy | Conservative Party | 23,606 | −1.6 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Kate Godfrey | Labour Party | 14,429 | — | ||
| 3 | Ed Whitfield | UK Independence Party | 6,293 | — | ||
| 4 | Karen Howell | National Health Action Party | 1,701 | — | ||
| 5 | Mike Shone | Green Party | 1,390 | — | ||
| 6 | Keith Miller | Liberal Democrats | 1,348 | — |
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.