UK general elections › 2015 › York Outer
York Outer — 2015
Julian Sturdy (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,477 votes— 49.1% of 53,903 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. 49.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 53,903
| 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 | Julian Sturdy | Conservative Party | 26,477 | 49.1% | −0.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Joe Riches | Labour Party | 13,348 | 24.8% | — | |
| 3 | James Blanchard | Liberal Democrats | 6,269 | 11.6% | — | |
| 4 | Paul Abbott | UK Independence Party | 5,251 | 9.7% | — | |
| 5 | Ginnie Shaw | Green Party | 2,558 | 4.7% | — |
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.