An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Kingston upon Hull East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Karl Turner with a majority of 10,319 - 29.4% - on a turnout of 53.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
TURNER, Karl | Lab | 18,180 | 51.7% | 3.8% |
BARRETT, Richard | UKIP | 7,861 | 22.4% | 14.3% |
MACKAY, Christine | Con | 5,593 | 15.9% | -0.7% |
NOLAN, David | LD | 2,294 | 6.5% | -16.3% |
WALPOLE, Sarah | Green | 806 | 2.3% | - |
CLAYTON, Martin | YF | 270 | 0.8% | - |
COOPER, Mike | NF | 86 | 0.2% | -2.3% |
HOODLESS, Val | SDP | 54 | 0.2% | - |
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 65,710, having a valid vote count of 35,144 and an invalid vote count of 102.
Result declared at 04:37 on 8 May 2015.