An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Richmond (Yorks), held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Rishi Sunak with a majority of 19,550 - 36.2% - on a turnout of 68.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SUNAK, Rishi | Con | 27,744 | 51.4% | -11.4% |
COOKE, Matthew | UKIP | 8,194 | 15.2% | - |
HILL, Mike | Lab | 7,124 | 13.2% | -2.1% |
HARRIS, John | LD | 3,465 | 6.4% | -12.7% |
BLACKIE, John | Ind | 3,348 | 6.2% | - |
ROWE, Leslie | Green | 2,313 | 4.3% | 1.4% |
SCOTT, Robin | Ind | 1,811 | 3.4% | - |
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 79,062, having a valid vote count of 53,999 and an invalid vote count of 164.
Result declared at 07:39 on 8 May 2015.