UK general elections › 2015 › Truro and Falmouth
Truro and Falmouth — 2015
Sarah Newton (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,681 votes— 44.0% of 51,544 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. 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 51,544
| 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 | Sarah Newton | Conservative Party | 22,681 | 44.0% | −6.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Simon Rix | Liberal Democrats | 8,681 | 16.8% | — | |
| 3 | Stuart Roden | Labour Party | 7,814 | 15.2% | — | |
| 4 | John Hyslop | UK Independence Party | 5,967 | 11.6% | — | |
| 5 | Karen Westbrook | Green Party | 4,483 | 8.7% | — | |
| 6 | Loic Rich | Independent | 792 | 1.5% | — | |
| 7 | Stephen Richardson | Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall | 563 | 1.1% | — | |
| 8 | Rik Evans | National Health Action Party | 526 | 1.0% | — | |
| 9 | Stanley Guffogg | The Principles of Politics Party | 37 | 0.1% | — |
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.