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Election for the constituency of Central Ayrshire on 7 May 2015

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.