An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Chesterfield, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Toby Perkins with a majority of 13,598 - 29.8% - on a turnout of 63.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
PERKINS, Toby | Lab | 21,829 | 47.9% | 8.9% |
VIVIS, Mark | Con | 8,231 | 18.1% | 2.3% |
YEOWART, Stuart | UKIP | 7,523 | 16.5% | 13.4% |
CAMBRIDGE, Julia | LD | 6,301 | 13.8% | -24.0% |
GENN, Matthew | Green | 1,352 | 3.0% | 1.7% |
WHALE, Matthew | TUSC | 202 | 0.4% | - |
HOLGATE, Thomas | PPNV | 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 71,625, having a valid vote count of 45,567 and an invalid vote count of 179.
Result declared at 04:46 on 8 May 2015.