UK general elections › 2015 › Washington and Sunderland West
Washington and Sunderland West — 2015
Sharon Hodgson (Labour Party) was elected with 20,478 votes— 55.0% of 37,257 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 37,257
| 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 | Sharon Hodgson | Labour Party | 20,478 | 55.0% | +5.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Aileen Casey | UK Independence Party | 7,321 | 19.7% | — | |
| 3 | Bob Dhillon | Conservative Party | 7,033 | 18.9% | — | |
| 4 | Anthony Murphy | Green Party | 1,091 | 2.9% | — | |
| 5 | Dominic Haney | Liberal Democrats | 993 | 2.7% | — | |
| 6 | Gary Duncan | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 341 | 0.9% | — |
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.