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Wyre Forest — 2015

Mark Garnier (Conservative Party) was elected with 22,394 votes45.3% of 49,440 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. 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,440

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Mark Garnier Conservative Party 22,39445.3%−4.7 ptsElected
2Matt Lamb Labour Party 9,52319.3%
3Michael Wrench UK Independence Party 7,96716.1%
4Richard Taylor Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern 7,21114.6%
5Andy Crick Liberal Democrats 1,2282.5%
6Natalie McVey Green Party 1,1172.3%

Electorate 77,407 · Turnout 63.9% · Majority 12,871 · Back to 2015 overview

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.