UK general elections › 2015 › West Dorset
West Dorset — 2015
Oliver Letwin (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,329 votes— 50.2% of 56,458 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,458
| 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 | Oliver Letwin | Conservative Party | 28,329 | 50.2% | +0.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ros Kayes | Liberal Democrats | 12,199 | 21.6% | — | |
| 3 | David Glossop | UK Independence Party | 7,055 | 12.5% | — | |
| 4 | Rachel Rogers | Labour Party | 5,633 | 10.0% | — | |
| 5 | Peter Barton | Green Party | 3,242 | 5.7% | — |
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.