UK general elections › 2015 › Torridge and West Devon
Torridge and West Devon — 2015
Geoffrey Cox (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,774 votes— 50.9% 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
| 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 | Geoffrey Cox | Conservative Party | 28,774 | 50.9% | +0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Derek Sargent | UK Independence Party | 10,371 | 18.3% | — | |
| 3 | Paula Dolphin | Liberal Democrats | 7,483 | 13.2% | — | |
| 4 | Mike Sparling | Labour Party | 6,015 | 10.6% | — | |
| 5 | Cathrine Simmons | Green Party | 3,941 | 7.0% | — |
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.