An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Hove, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour gain from Conservatives by Peter Kyle with a majority of 1,236 - 2.4% - on a turnout of 71.0%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
KYLE, Peter | Lab | 22,082 | 42.3% | 9.3% |
COX, Graham | Con | 20,846 | 39.9% | 3.2% |
HAWTREE, Christopher | Green | 3,569 | 6.8% | 1.7% |
SMITH, Kevin | UKIP | 3,265 | 6.3% | 3.8% |
LAMBELL, Peter | LD | 1,861 | 3.6% | -19.0% |
BARNARD-LANGSTON, Jenny | Ind | 322 | 0.6% | - |
HILL, Dave | TUSC | 144 | 0.3% | - |
DIXON, Dame | MRLP | 125 | 0.2% | - |
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 73,505, having a valid vote count of 52,214 and an invalid vote count of 234.
Result declared at 07:20 on 8 May 2015.