An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Cheltenham, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats by Alex Chalk with a majority of 6,516 - 12.1% - on a turnout of 69.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
CHALK, Alex | Con | 24,790 | 46.1% | 5.0% |
HORWOOD, Martin | LD | 18,274 | 34.0% | -16.5% |
GILBERT, Paul | Lab | 3,902 | 7.3% | 2.1% |
SIMMONDS, Christina | UKIP | 3,808 | 7.1% | 4.8% |
VAN COEVORDEN, Adam | Green | 2,689 | 5.0% | - |
LUPSON-DARNELL, Richard | Ind | 272 | 0.5% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 77,287, having a valid vote count of 53,735 and an invalid vote count of 104.
Result declared at 04:46 on 8 May 2015.