An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Reading West, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Alok Sharma with a majority of 6,650 - 13.7% - on a turnout of 66.7%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
SHARMA, Alok | Con | 23,082 | 47.7% | 4.5% |
GROULEF, Victoria | Lab | 16,432 | 33.9% | 3.4% |
AZAM, Malik | UKIP | 4,826 | 10.0% | 6.8% |
O'CONNELL, Meri | LD | 2,355 | 4.9% | -15.2% |
KENNET, Miriam | Green | 1,406 | 2.9% | 1.7% |
FERGUSON, Suzie | Ind | 156 | 0.3% | - |
ADAMS, Neil | TUSC | 83 | 0.2% | - |
WEST, Philip | Roman | 64 | 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 72,567, having a valid vote count of 48,404 and an invalid vote count of 119.
Result declared at 07:23 on 8 May 2015.