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Election for the constituency of Coventry North West on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Coventry North West, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Labour hold by Geoffrey Robinson with a majority of 4,509 - 10.0% - on a turnout of 61.5%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
ROBINSON, Geoffrey Lab 18,557 41.0% -1.8%
AKHTAR, Parvez Con 14,048 31.0% 1.7%
SEHMI, Harjinder UKIP 7,101 15.7% 12.9%
VESTY, Laura Green 1,961 4.3% 3.3%
FURSE, Andrew LD 1,810 4.0% -13.9%
NELLIST, Dave TUSC 1,769 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 73,626, having a valid vote count of 45,246 and an invalid vote count of 172.

Result declared at 03:39 on 8 May 2015.