Canterbury (Constituency) 2015 results - General election results

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

CON

Conservative Hold

Julian Brazier

Majority

9,798

Electorate

81,341

Turnout

65.7%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name	Share of the vote: 2015
Con	42.9%
Lab	24.5%
UKIP	13.6%
LD	11.6%
Green	7.0%
The Socialist Party of Great Britain	0.3%

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote (%)	Change (%)
Julian Brazier	Con	22,918	42.9	-1.9
Hugh Lanning	Lab	13,120	24.5	8.4
Jim Gascoyne	UKIP	7,289	13.6	9.8
James Flanagan	LD	6,227	11.6	-20.9
Stuart Jeffery	Green	3,746	7.0	4.7
Robert Cox *	The Socialist Party of Great Britain	165	0.3	0.3

* Candidate lost their deposit

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year	Con	Lab	UKIP	LD	Green	The Socialist Party of Great Britain	MRP	Oth
2005	44.5%	28.1%	1.9%	21.5%	3.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%
2010	44.8%	16.1%	3.9%	32.5%	2.3%	0.0%	0.4%	0.0%
2015	42.9%	24.5%	13.6%	11.6%	7.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.