An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of New Forest West, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Desmond Swayne with a majority of 20,604 - 43.5% - on a turnout of 69.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SWAYNE, Desmond | Con | 28,420 | 59.9% | 1.1% |
BAILEY, Paul | UKIP | 7,816 | 16.5% | 10.6% |
SAMUELS, Lena | Lab | 5,133 | 10.8% | 1.0% |
SHEPHERD-DUBEY, Imogen | LD | 3,293 | 6.9% | -16.4% |
RICHARDS, Janet | Green | 2,748 | 5.8% | 3.6% |
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 68,446, having a valid vote count of 47,410 and an invalid vote count of 190.
Result declared at 04:51 on 8 May 2015.