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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

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
1Rachael Maskell Labour Party 20,212−7.6 ptsElected
2Robert McIlveen Conservative Party 13,496—
3Ken Guest UK Independence Party 4,795—
4Jonathan Tyler Green Party 4,791—
5Nick Love Liberal Democrats 3,804—
6Chris Whitwood Yorkshire First 291—
7Megan Ollerhead Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 288—

Electorate 75,351 · Turnout 63.3% · Majority 6,716 · 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.