UK general elections › 2015 › Watford
Watford — 2015
Richard Harrington (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,400 votes— 43.5% of 56,149 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. 43.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,149
| 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 | Richard Harrington | Conservative Party | 24,400 | 43.5% | −6.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Matt Turmaine | Labour Party | 14,606 | 26.0% | — | |
| 3 | Dorothy Thornhill | Liberal Democrats | 10,152 | 18.1% | — | |
| 4 | Nick Lincoln | UK Independence Party | 5,481 | 9.8% | — | |
| 5 | Aidan Cottrell-Boyce | Green Party | 1,332 | 2.4% | — | |
| 6 | Mark O'Connor | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 178 | 0.3% | — |
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.