An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Bedford, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Richard Fuller with a majority of 1,097 - 2.4% - on a turnout of 66.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
FULLER, Richard | Con | 19,625 | 42.6% | 3.7% |
HALL, Patrick | Lab | 18,528 | 40.2% | 4.3% |
SMITH, Charlie | UKIP | 4,434 | 9.6% | 7.1% |
ROGERS, Mahmud | LD | 1,958 | 4.2% | -15.6% |
FOLEY, Ben | Green | 1,412 | 3.1% | 2.2% |
CHOUDHURY, Faruk | Ind | 129 | 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 69,311, having a valid vote count of 46,086 and an invalid vote count of 258.
Result declared at 09:19 on 8 May 2015.