UK general elections › 2019 › Lewes
Lewes — 2019
Maria Caulfield (Conservative Party) was elected with 26,268 votes— 47.9% of 54,851 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. 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 54,851
| 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 | Maria Caulfield | Conservative Party | 26,268 | 47.9% | −2.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Oli Henman | Liberal Democrats | 23,811 | 43.4% | — | |
| 3 | Kate Chappell | Labour Party | 3,206 | 5.8% | — | |
| 4 | Johnny Denis | Green Party | 1,453 | 2.6% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Cragg | Independent | 113 | 0.2% | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.