UK general elections2015 › West Lancashire

West Lancashire — 2015

Rosie Cooper (Labour Party) was elected with 24,474 votes49.3% of 49,676 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. 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,676

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Rosie Cooper Labour Party 24,47449.3%−0.7 ptsElected
2Paul Greenall Conservative Party 16,11432.4%
3Jack Sen UK Independence Party 6,05812.2%
4Ben Basson Green Party 1,5823.2%
5Daniel Lewis Liberal Democrats 1,2982.6%
6David Braid War Veteran's Pro-Traditional Family Party 1500.3%

Electorate 70,906 · Turnout 70.1% · Majority 8,360 · Back to 2015 overview

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.