UK general elections › 2015 › Wirral West
Wirral West — 2015
Margaret Greenwood (Labour Party) was elected with 18,898 votes— 45.1% of 41,858 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. 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,858
| 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 | Margaret Greenwood | Labour Party | 18,898 | −4.9 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Esther McVey | Conservative Party | 18,481 | — | ||
| 3 | Hilary Jones | UK Independence Party | 2,772 | — | ||
| 4 | Peter Reisdorf | Liberal Democrats | 1,433 | — | ||
| 5 | David James | Independent | 274 | — |
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.