UK general elections › 2015 › Wirral South
Wirral South — 2015
Alison McGovern (Labour Party) was elected with 20,165 votes— 48.2% of 41,837 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. 48.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −1.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,837
| 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 | Alison McGovern | Labour Party | 20,165 | 48.2% | −1.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Bell | Conservative Party | 15,566 | 37.2% | — | |
| 3 | David Scott | UK Independence Party | 3,737 | 8.9% | — | |
| 4 | Elizabeth Jewkes | Liberal Democrats | 1,474 | 3.5% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Cartlidge | Green Party | 895 | 2.1% | — |
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.