UK general elections › 2015 › Stevenage
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
| 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 | Stephen McPartland | Conservative Party | 21,291 | −5.5 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Sharon Taylor | Labour Party | 16,336 | — | ||
| 3 | David Collins | UK Independence Party | 6,864 | — | ||
| 4 | Susan Van De Ven | Liberal Democrats | 1,582 | — | ||
| 5 | Graham White | Green Party | 1,369 | — | ||
| 6 | Trevor Palmer | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 175 | — | ||
| 7 | Charles Vickers | English Democrats | 115 | — | ||
| 8 | David Cox | Independent | 67 | — |
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.