An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Poole, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Robert Syms with a majority of 15,789 - 33.3% - on a turnout of 65.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SYMS, Robert | Con | 23,745 | 50.1% | 2.6% |
YOUNG, David | UKIP | 7,956 | 16.8% | 11.5% |
ROSSER, Helen | Lab | 6,102 | 12.9% | 0.1% |
EADES, Philip | LD | 5,572 | 11.8% | -19.8% |
OLIVER, Adrian | Green | 2,198 | 4.6% | - |
HOWELL, Mark | Pool | 1,766 | 3.7% | - |
NORTHOVER, Ian | Ind | 54 | 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 72,557, having a valid vote count of 47,393 and an invalid vote count of 138.
Result declared at 06:52 on 8 May 2015.