UK general elections › 2015 › Wolverhampton South West
Wolverhampton South West — 2015
Rob Marris (Labour Party) was elected with 17,374 votes— 43.2% of 40,209 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. 43.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.8 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,209
| 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 | Rob Marris | Labour Party | 17,374 | 43.2% | −6.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Paul Uppal | Conservative Party | 16,573 | 41.2% | — | |
| 3 | Dave Everett | UK Independence Party | 4,310 | 10.7% | — | |
| 4 | Andrea Cantrill | Green Party | 1,058 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Neale Upstone | Liberal Democrats | 845 | 2.1% | — | |
| 6 | Brian Booth | Independent | 49 | 0.1% | — |
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.