An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Central Ayrshire, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Philippa Whitford with a majority of 13,589 - 26.8% - on a turnout of 72.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WHITFORD, Philippa | SNP | 26,999 | 53.2% | 34.1% |
DONOHOE, Brian | Lab | 13,410 | 26.4% | -21.3% |
HOPE, Marc | Con | 8,803 | 17.3% | -3.0% |
BAIN, Gordon | LD | 917 | 1.8% | -10.1% |
TUDHOPE, Veronika | Green | 645 | 1.3% | - |
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 70,021, having a valid vote count of 50,774 and an invalid vote count of 68.
Result declared at 03:52 on 8 May 2015.