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York Central — 2015
Rachael Maskell (Labour Party) was elected with 20,212 votes— 42.4% of 47,677 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. 42.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −7.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 47,677
| 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 | Rachael Maskell | Labour Party | 20,212 | 42.4% | −7.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert McIlveen | Conservative Party | 13,496 | 28.3% | — | |
| 3 | Ken Guest | UK Independence Party | 4,795 | 10.1% | — | |
| 4 | Jonathan Tyler | Green Party | 4,791 | 10.0% | — | |
| 5 | Nick Love | Liberal Democrats | 3,804 | 8.0% | — | |
| 6 | Chris Whitwood | Yorkshire First | 291 | 0.6% | — | |
| 7 | Megan Ollerhead | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 288 | 0.6% | — |
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.