UK general elections › 2015 › Welwyn Hatfield
Welwyn Hatfield — 2015
Grant Shapps (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,281 votes— 50.4% of 50,205 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.4 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,205
| 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 | Grant Shapps | Conservative Party | 25,281 | 50.4% | +0.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Anawar Miah | Labour Party | 13,128 | 26.1% | — | |
| 3 | Arthur Stevens | UK Independence Party | 6,556 | 13.1% | — | |
| 4 | Hugh Annand | Liberal Democrats | 3,140 | 6.3% | — | |
| 5 | Marc Scheimann | Green Party | 1,742 | 3.5% | — | |
| 6 | Michael Green | Independent | 216 | 0.4% | — | |
| 7 | Richard Shattock | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 142 | 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.