An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Leeds North East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Fabian Hamilton with a majority of 7,250 - 15.0% - on a turnout of 69.9%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
HAMILTON, Fabian | Lab | 23,137 | 47.9% | 5.2% |
WILSON, Simon | Con | 15,887 | 32.9% | -0.2% |
HENDON, Warren | UKIP | 3,706 | 7.7% | 5.9% |
CHOUDHRY, Aqila | LD | 2,569 | 5.3% | -14.3% |
CARTER, Emma | Green | 2,541 | 5.3% | - |
FOOTE, Celia | AGS | 451 | 0.9% | -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 69,097, having a valid vote count of 48,291 and an invalid vote count of 239.
Result declared at 08:01 on 8 May 2015.