An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Wolverhampton South West, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour gain from Conservatives by Rob Marris with a majority of 801 - 2.0% - on a turnout of 66.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MARRIS, Rob | Lab | 17,374 | 43.2% | 4.2% |
UPPAL, Paul | Con | 16,573 | 41.2% | 0.5% |
EVERETT, Dave | UKIP | 4,310 | 10.7% | 7.0% |
CANTRILL, Andrea | Green | 1,058 | 2.6% | - |
UPSTONE, Neale | LD | 845 | 2.1% | -13.9% |
BOOTH, Brian | Ind | 49 | 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 60,368, having a valid vote count of 40,209 and an invalid vote count of 139.
Result declared at 05:39 on 8 May 2015.