An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Rochester and Strood, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Kelly Tolhurst with a majority of 7,133 - 13.6% - on a turnout of 68.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
TOLHURST, Kelly | Con | 23,142 | 44.1% | -5.1% |
RECKLESS, Mark | UKIP | 16,009 | 30.5% | - |
KHAN, Naushabah | Lab | 10,396 | 19.8% | -8.7% |
GREGORY, Clive | Green | 1,516 | 2.9% | 1.4% |
BRAY, Prue | LD | 1,251 | 2.4% | -13.9% |
BURN, Daniel | TUSC | 202 | 0.4% | - |
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 77,119, having a valid vote count of 52,516 and an invalid vote count of 164.
Result declared at 08:11 on 8 May 2015.