An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Barrow and Furness, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by John Woodcock with a majority of 795 - 1.8% - on a turnout of 63.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WOODCOCK, John | Lab / Co-op | 18,320 | 42.3% | -5.8% |
FELL, Simon | Con | 17,525 | 40.5% | 4.2% |
CECIL, Nigel | UKIP | 5,070 | 11.7% | 9.8% |
PEAPLE, Clive | LD | 1,169 | 2.7% | -7.3% |
O'HARA, Robert | Green | 1,061 | 2.5% | 1.3% |
JACKSON, Ian | Ind | 130 | 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 68,338, having a valid vote count of 43,275 and an invalid vote count of 159.
Result declared at 06:53 on 8 May 2015.