UK general elections › 2015 › The Wrekin
The Wrekin — 2015
Mark Pritchard (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,579 votes— 49.7% of 45,437 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. 49.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 45,437
| 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 | Mark Pritchard | Conservative Party | 22,579 | 49.7% | −0.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Katrina Gilman | Labour Party | 11,836 | 26.0% | — | |
| 3 | Jill Seymour | UK Independence Party | 7,620 | 16.8% | — | |
| 4 | Rod Keyes | Liberal Democrats | 1,959 | 4.3% | — | |
| 5 | Cath Edwards | Green Party | 1,443 | 3.2% | — |
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.