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Stevenage — 2015

Stephen McPartland (Conservative Party) was elected with 21,291 votes— 44.5% of 47,799 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. 44.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −5.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,799

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
1Stephen McPartland Conservative Party 21,291−5.5 ptsElected
2Sharon Taylor Labour Party 16,336—
3David Collins UK Independence Party 6,864—
4Susan Van De Ven Liberal Democrats 1,582—
5Graham White Green Party 1,369—
6Trevor Palmer Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 175—
7Charles Vickers English Democrats 115—
8David Cox Independent 67—

Electorate 70,597 · Turnout 67.7% · Majority 4,955 · 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.