UK general elections › 2015 › Wentworth and Dearne
Wentworth and Dearne — 2015
John Healey (Labour Party) was elected with 24,571 votes— 56.9% of 43,189 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,189
| 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 | John Healey | Labour Party | 24,571 | 56.9% | +6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Mike Hookem | UK Independence Party | 10,733 | 24.9% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Naughton | Conservative Party | 6,441 | 14.9% | — | |
| 4 | Edwin Simpson | Liberal Democrats | 1,135 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Alan England | English Democrats | 309 | 0.7% | — |
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.