UK general elections › 2015 › Weston-Super-Mare
Weston-Super-Mare — 2015
John Penrose (Conservative Party) was elected with 25,203 votes— 48.0% of 52,552 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. 48.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 52,552
| 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 Penrose | Conservative Party | 25,203 | 48.0% | −2.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tim Taylor | Labour Party | 9,594 | 18.3% | — | |
| 3 | Ernie Warrender | UK Independence Party | 9,366 | 17.8% | — | |
| 4 | John Munro | Liberal Democrats | 5,486 | 10.4% | — | |
| 5 | Richard Lawson | Green Party | 2,592 | 4.9% | — | |
| 6 | Ronald Lavelle | English Democrats | 311 | 0.6% | — |
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.