An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Bath, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats by Ben Howlett with a majority of 3,833 - 8.1% - on a turnout of 74.8%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
HOWLETT, Ben | Con | 17,833 | 37.8% | 6.4% |
BRADLEY, Steve | LD | 14,000 | 29.7% | -26.9% |
MIDDLETON, Ollie | Lab | 6,216 | 13.2% | 6.3% |
TRISTRAM, Dominic | Green | 5,634 | 11.9% | 9.6% |
DEVERELL, Julian | UKIP | 2,922 | 6.2% | 4.3% |
MORGAN-BRINKHURST, Loraine | Ind | 499 | 1.1% | - |
KNIGHT, Jenny | ED | 63 | 0.1% | - |
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 63,084, having a valid vote count of 47,167 and an invalid vote count of 192.
Result declared at 04:41 on 8 May 2015.