An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Solihull, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats by Julian Knight with a majority of 12,902 - 23.6% - on a turnout of 70.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
KNIGHT, Julian | Con | 26,956 | 49.2% | 6.7% |
BURT, Lorely | LD | 14,054 | 25.7% | -17.2% |
HENRICK, Philip | UKIP | 6,361 | 11.6% | 9.4% |
KNOWLES, Nigel | Lab | 5,693 | 10.4% | 1.5% |
ALLEN, Howard | Green | 1,632 | 3.0% | - |
NATRASS, Mike | IFE | 50 | 0.1% | - |
WARD, Matthew | DEM | 33 | 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 77,956, having a valid vote count of 54,779 and an invalid vote count of 140.
Result declared at 05:53 on 8 May 2015.