UK general elections › 2015 › Wakefield
Wakefield — 2015
Mary Creagh (Labour Party) was elected with 17,301 votes— 40.3% of 42,973 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. 40.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 42,973
| 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 | Mary Creagh | Labour Party | 17,301 | −9.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Antony Calvert | Conservative Party | 14,688 | — | ||
| 3 | Alan Hazelhurst | UK Independence Party | 7,862 | — | ||
| 4 | Finbarr Cronin | Liberal Democrats | 1,483 | — | ||
| 5 | Rebecca Thackray | Green Party | 1,069 | — | ||
| 6 | Mick Griffiths | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 287 | — | ||
| 7 | Elliot Barr | Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol | 283 | — |
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.