UK general elections › 2015 › Wansbeck
Wansbeck — 2015
Ian Lavery (Labour Party) was elected with 19,267 votes— 50.0% of 38,528 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. 0.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 38,528
| 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 | Ian Lavery | Labour Party | 19,267 | 50.0% | 0.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Chris Galley | Conservative Party | 8,386 | 21.8% | — | |
| 3 | Melanie Hurst | UK Independence Party | 7,014 | 18.2% | — | |
| 4 | Tom Hancock | Liberal Democrats | 2,407 | 6.2% | — | |
| 5 | Chris Hedley | Green Party | 1,454 | 3.8% | — |
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.