An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Torbay, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats by Kevin Foster with a majority of 3,286 - 6.8% - on a turnout of 63.0%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
FOSTER, Kevin | Con | 19,551 | 40.7% | 2.0% |
SANDERS, Adrian | LD | 16,265 | 33.8% | -13.2% |
MCINTYRE, Tony | UKIP | 6,540 | 13.6% | 8.3% |
MADDOCK, Su | Lab | 4,166 | 8.7% | 2.1% |
HERMES, Paula | Green | 1,557 | 3.2% | 2.3% |
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 76,350, having a valid vote count of 48,079 and an invalid vote count of 135.
Result declared at 04:39 on 8 May 2015.