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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

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Jeremy Lefroy Conservative Party 23,606−1.6 ptsElected
2Kate Godfrey Labour Party 14,429—
3Ed Whitfield UK Independence Party 6,293—
4Karen Howell National Health Action Party 1,701—
5Mike Shone Green Party 1,390—
6Keith Miller Liberal Democrats 1,348—

Electorate 68,705 · Turnout 71.0% · Majority 9,177 · Back to 2015 overview

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.