An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of South Derbyshire, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Heather Wheeler with a majority of 11,471 - 22.6% - on a turnout of 68.7%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
WHEELER, Heather | Con | 25,066 | 49.4% | 3.9% |
PIDGEON, Cheryl | Lab | 13,595 | 26.8% | -4.6% |
GRAVES, Alan | UKIP | 8,998 | 17.7% | 15.3% |
JOHNSON, Lorraine | LD | 1,887 | 3.7% | -12.2% |
BAMKIN, Marianne | Green | 1,216 | 2.4% | - |
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 73,923, having a valid vote count of 50,762 and an invalid vote count of 190.
Result declared at 03:53 on 8 May 2015.