UK general elections › 2015 › Yeovil
Yeovil — 2015
Marcus Fysh (Conservative Party) was elected with 24,178 votes— 42.5% of 56,933 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. 42.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 56,933
| 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 | Marcus Fysh | Conservative Party | 24,178 | 42.5% | −7.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | David Laws | Liberal Democrats | 18,865 | 33.1% | — | |
| 3 | Simon Smedley | UK Independence Party | 7,646 | 13.4% | — | |
| 4 | Sheena King | Labour Party | 4,053 | 7.1% | — | |
| 5 | Emily McIvor | Green Party | 2,191 | 3.8% | — |
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.