An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Devon, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Hugo Swire with a majority of 12,261 - 22.4% - on a turnout of 71.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SWIRE, Hugo | Con | 25,401 | 46.4% | -1.9% |
WRIGHT, Claire | Ind | 13,140 | 24.0% | - |
CHAPMAN, Andrew | UKIP | 6,870 | 12.6% | 4.4% |
RACE, Stephen | Lab | 5,591 | 10.2% | -0.6% |
MOLE, Stuart | LD | 3,715 | 6.8% | -24.4% |
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 76,519, having a valid vote count of 54,717 and an invalid vote count of 217.
Result declared at 07:19 on 8 May 2015.