An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Saffron Walden, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Alan Haselhurst with a majority of 24,991 - 43.4% - on a turnout of 71.4%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
HASELHURST, Alan | Con | 32,926 | 57.2% | 1.7% |
DAY, Peter | UKIP | 7,935 | 13.8% | 9.7% |
BERNEY, Jane | Lab | 6,791 | 11.8% | 2.1% |
HIBBS, Mike | LD | 6,079 | 10.6% | -16.9% |
STANNARD, Karmel | Green | 2,174 | 3.8% | 2.4% |
ASKER, Heather | R4U | 1,658 | 2.9% | - |
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 80,615, having a valid vote count of 57,563 and an invalid vote count of 219.
Result declared at 06:02 on 8 May 2015.