UK general elections › 2015 › West Suffolk
West Suffolk — 2015
Matthew Hancock (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,684 votes— 52.2% of 49,232 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 52.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +2.2 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,232
| 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 | Matthew Hancock | Conservative Party | 25,684 | 52.2% | +2.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Julian Flood | UK Independence Party | 10,700 | 21.7% | — | |
| 3 | Michael Jefferys | Labour Party | 8,604 | 17.5% | — | |
| 4 | Elfreda Tealby - Watson | Liberal Democrats | 2,465 | 5.0% | — | |
| 5 | Niall Pettitt | Green Party | 1,779 | 3.6% | — |
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.