An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Wirral West, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour gain from Conservatives by Margaret Greenwood with a majority of 417 - 1.0% - on a turnout of 75.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
GREENWOOD, Margaret | Lab | 18,898 | 45.1% | 8.9% |
MCVEY, Esther | Con | 18,481 | 44.2% | 1.7% |
JONES, Hilary | UKIP | 2,772 | 6.6% | 4.3% |
REISDORF, Peter | LD | 1,433 | 3.4% | -13.4% |
JAMES, David | Ind | 274 | 0.7% | - |
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 55,377, having a valid vote count of 41,858 and an invalid vote count of 150.
Result declared at 05:00 on 8 May 2015.