UK general elections › 2019 › Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe — 2019
Ruth Edwards (Conservative Party) was elected with 28,765 votes— 47.5% of 60,505 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. 47.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 60,505
| 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 | Ruth Edwards | Conservative Party | 28,765 | 47.5% | −2.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Cheryl Pidgeon | Labour Party | 21,122 | 34.9% | — | |
| 3 | Jason Billin | Liberal Democrats | 9,600 | 15.9% | — | |
| 4 | Matthew Faithfull | UK Independence Party | 591 | 1.0% | — | |
| 5 | John Kirby | Independent | 427 | 0.7% | — |
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.