UK general elections2015 › Torridge and West Devon

Torridge and West Devon — 2015

Geoffrey Cox (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,774 votes50.9% of 56,584 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,584

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
1Geoffrey Cox Conservative Party 28,77450.9%+0.9 ptsElected
2Derek Sargent UK Independence Party 10,37118.3%
3Paula Dolphin Liberal Democrats 7,48313.2%
4Mike Sparling Labour Party 6,01510.6%
5Cathrine Simmons Green Party 3,9417.0%

Electorate 78,621 · Turnout 72.0% · Majority 18,403 · 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.