An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Blaydon, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by David Anderson with a majority of 14,227 - 31.7% - on a turnout of 66.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
ANDERSON, David | Lab | 22,090 | 49.2% | -0.5% |
BELL, Mark | UKIP | 7,863 | 17.5% | - |
GRIFFITHS, Alison | Con | 7,838 | 17.4% | 1.5% |
WALLACE, Jonathan | LD | 5,497 | 12.2% | -17.1% |
MCNALLY, Paul | Green | 1,648 | 3.7% | - |
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 67,901, having a valid vote count of 44,936 and an invalid vote count of 96.
Result declared at 04:42 on 8 May 2015.