An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Morley and Outwood, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative gain from Labour Co-operative by Andrea Jenkyns with a majority of 422 - 0.9% - on a turnout of 63.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
JENKYNS, Andrea | Con | 18,776 | 38.9% | 3.6% |
BALLS, Ed | Lab / Co-op | 18,354 | 38.0% | 0.4% |
DEWS, David | UKIP | 7,951 | 16.5% | 13.4% |
TAYLOR, Rebecca | LD | 1,426 | 3.0% | -13.8% |
HEMINGWAY, Martin | Green | 1,264 | 2.6% | - |
CRAVEN, Arnie | YF | 479 | 1.0% | - |
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 75,820, having a valid vote count of 48,250 and an invalid vote count of 139.
Result declared at 08:18 on 8 May 2015.