An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Faversham and Mid Kent, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Helen Whately with a majority of 16,652 - 36.4% - on a turnout of 65.9%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WHATELY, Helen | Con | 24,895 | 54.4% | -1.8% |
EDWARDS-DAEM, Peter | UKIP | 8,243 | 18.0% | 14.3% |
DESMOND, Michael | Lab | 7,403 | 16.2% | -0.4% |
NAGHI, David | LD | 3,039 | 6.6% | -13.0% |
VALENTINE, Tim | Green | 1,768 | 3.9% | 2.0% |
DAVIDSON, Hairy | MRLP | 297 | 0.6% | -0.2% |
BUTLER, Gary | ED | 158 | 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 69,523, having a valid vote count of 45,803 and an invalid vote count of 104.
Result declared at 06:41 on 8 May 2015.