An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Ellesmere Port and Neston, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Justin Madders with a majority of 6,275 - 13.4% - on a turnout of 67.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MADDERS, Justin | Lab | 22,316 | 47.8% | 3.1% |
FLETCHER, Katherine | Con | 16,041 | 34.3% | -0.5% |
STARKEY, Jonathan | UKIP | 5,594 | 12.0% | 8.3% |
DERRAUGH, Trish | LD | 1,563 | 3.3% | -11.7% |
PALMER, Michelle | Green | 990 | 2.1% | - |
DOWLING, Felicity | LU | 192 | 0.4% | - |
DYER, John | Ind | 31 | 0.1% | - |
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 69,223, having a valid vote count of 46,727 and an invalid vote count of 160.
Result declared at 05:44 on 8 May 2015.