UK general elections › 2015 › Westmorland and Lonsdale
Westmorland and Lonsdale — 2015
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrats) was elected with 25,194 votes— 51.5% of 48,929 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +1.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,929
| 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 | Tim Farron | Liberal Democrats | 25,194 | 51.5% | +1.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Ann Myatt | Conservative Party | 16,245 | 33.2% | — | |
| 3 | Alan Piper | UK Independence Party | 3,031 | 6.2% | — | |
| 4 | John Bateson | Labour Party | 2,661 | 5.4% | — | |
| 5 | Chris Loynes | Green Party | 1,798 | 3.7% | — |
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.