An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of South Leicestershire, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Alberto Costa with a majority of 16,824 - 31.2% - on a turnout of 70.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
COSTA, Alberto | Con | 28,700 | 53.2% | 3.7% |
HACK, Amanda | Lab | 11,876 | 22.0% | 1.1% |
MAHONEY, Barry | UKIP | 9,363 | 17.4% | 13.7% |
WELSH, Geoffrey | LD | 3,987 | 7.4% | -13.6% |
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 76,851, having a valid vote count of 53,926 and an invalid vote count of 300.
Result declared at 07:17 on 8 May 2015.