An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of North Devon, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats by Peter Heaton-Jones with a majority of 6,936 - 13.3% - on a turnout of 70.0%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
HEATON-JONES, Peter | Con | 22,341 | 42.7% | 6.7% |
HARVEY, Nick | LD | 15,405 | 29.4% | -17.9% |
CROWTHER, Steve | UKIP | 7,719 | 14.8% | 7.5% |
CANN, Mark | Lab | 3,699 | 7.1% | 1.9% |
KNIGHT, Ricky | Green | 3,018 | 5.8% | 4.4% |
SABLES, Gerrard | Comm | 138 | 0.3% | 0.1% |
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 74,737, having a valid vote count of 52,320 and an invalid vote count of 133.
Result declared at 06:51 on 8 May 2015.