UK general elections › 2015 › Tynemouth
Tynemouth — 2015
Alan Campbell (Labour Party) was elected with 25,791 votes— 48.2% of 53,495 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. 48.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,495
| 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 | Alan Campbell | Labour Party | 25,791 | 48.2% | −1.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Glenn Hall | Conservative Party | 17,551 | 32.8% | — | |
| 3 | Gary Legg | UK Independence Party | 6,541 | 12.2% | — | |
| 4 | Julia Erskine | Green Party | 2,017 | 3.8% | — | |
| 5 | John Paton Day | Liberal Democrats | 1,595 | 3.0% | — |
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.