Election for the constituency of Redcar on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Redcar, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Labour gain from Liberal Democrats by Anna Turley with a majority of 10,388 - 25.4% - on a turnout of 63.1%.

An electorate of 64,826, having a valid vote count of 40,919 and an invalid vote count of 163.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
TURLEY, Anna Lab / Co-op 17,946 43.9% 11.1%
MASON, Josh LD 7,558 18.5% -26.7%
GALLACHER, Christopher UKIP 7,516 18.4% 13.9%
YOUNG, Jacob Con 6,630 16.2% 2.4%
PINKNEY, Peter Green 880 2.2% -
LOCKEY, Philip NEP 389 1.0% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 03:38 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.