An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Ashfield, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Gloria De Piero with a majority of 8,820 - 18.6% - on a turnout of 61.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
DE PIERO, Gloria | Lab | 19,448 | 41.0% | 7.3% |
HARRISON, Helen | Con | 10,628 | 22.4% | 0.2% |
ASHCROFT, Simon | UKIP | 10,150 | 21.4% | 19.5% |
SMITH, Philip | LD | 7,030 | 14.8% | -18.5% |
BUCHANAN, Mike | JMB | 153 | 0.3% | - |
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 77,091, having a valid vote count of 47,409 and an invalid vote count of 209.
Result declared at 05:41 on 8 May 2015.