UK general elections › 2015 › Waveney
Waveney — 2015
Peter Aldous (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,104 votes— 42.3% of 52,196 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. 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,196
| 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 | Peter Aldous | Conservative Party | 22,104 | 42.3% | −7.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Bob Blizzard | Labour Party | 19,696 | 37.7% | — | |
| 3 | Simon Tobin | UK Independence Party | 7,580 | 14.5% | — | |
| 4 | Graham Elliott | Green Party | 1,761 | 3.4% | — | |
| 5 | Steve Gordon | Liberal Democrats | 1,055 | 2.0% | — |
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.