An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Bishop Auckland, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Helen Goodman with a majority of 3,508 - 8.9% - on a turnout of 59.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
GOODMAN, Helen | Lab | 16,307 | 41.4% | 2.4% |
ADAMS, Christopher | Con | 12,799 | 32.5% | 6.2% |
BURRIS, Rhys | UKIP | 7,015 | 17.8% | 15.1% |
WHITE, Stephen | LD | 1,723 | 4.4% | -18.0% |
ROBINSON, Thom | Green | 1,545 | 3.9% | - |
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 66,070, having a valid vote count of 39,389 and an invalid vote count of 68.
Result declared at 03:46 on 8 May 2015.