An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of East Worthing and Shoreham, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Tim Loughton with a majority of 14,949 - 30.0% - on a turnout of 66.7%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
LOUGHTON, Tim | Con | 24,686 | 49.5% | 1.0% |
MACPHERSON, Tim | Lab | 9,737 | 19.5% | 2.8% |
GLENNON, Mike | UKIP | 8,267 | 16.6% | 10.4% |
SMYTHERMAN, Bob | LD | 3,360 | 6.7% | -18.8% |
DOYLE, James | Green | 2,605 | 5.2% | 2.9% |
WALKER, Carl | NHAP | 1,243 | 2.5% | - |
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 74,775, having a valid vote count of 49,898 and an invalid vote count of 199.
Result declared at 07:13 on 8 May 2015.