An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Copeland, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Jamie Reed with a majority of 2,564 - 6.5% - on a turnout of 63.8%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
REED, Jamie | Lab | 16,750 | 42.3% | -3.8% |
HARALDSEN, Stephen | Con | 14,186 | 35.8% | -1.3% |
PYE, Michael | UKIP | 6,148 | 15.5% | 13.2% |
GALLAGHER, Danny | LD | 1,368 | 3.5% | -6.7% |
TODD, Allan | Green | 1,179 | 3.0% | 2.1% |
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 62,087, having a valid vote count of 39,631 and an invalid vote count of 151.
Result declared at 05:13 on 8 May 2015.