UK general elections › 2015 › Stroud
Stroud — 2015
Neil Carmichael (Conservative Party) was elected with 27,813 votes— 45.7% of 60,819 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. 45.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 60,819
| 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 | Neil Carmichael | Conservative Party | 27,813 | 45.7% | −4.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Drew | Labour Party | 22,947 | 37.7% | — | |
| 3 | Caroline Stephens | UK Independence Party | 4,848 | 8.0% | — | |
| 4 | Sarah Lunnon | Green Party | 2,779 | 4.6% | — | |
| 5 | Adrian Walker-Smith | Liberal Democrats | 2,086 | 3.4% | — | |
| 6 | Rich Wilson | Independent | 246 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | David Michael | Free Public Transport Party | 100 | 0.2% | — |
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.