General election for the constituency of South West Hertfordshire on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of South West Hertfordshire, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Conservative hold by David Gauke with a majority of 23,263 - 40.6% - on a turnout of 71.9%.

An electorate of 79,668, having a valid vote count of 57,267 and an invalid vote count of 174.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
GAUKE, David Con 32,608 56.9% 2.7%
DIGGINS, Simon Lab 9,345 16.3% 4.8%
ANDERSON, Mark UKIP 6,603 11.5% 9.0%
QUINTON, Nigel LD 5,872 10.3% -17.7%
PARDY, Charlotte Green 2,583 4.5% -
CARTMELL, Graham CSP 256 0.4% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 04:38 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.