General election for the constituency of Caerphilly on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Caerphilly, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Labour hold by Wayne David with a majority of 10,073 - 25.0% - on a turnout of 63.3%.

An electorate of 63,603, having a valid vote count of 40,283 and an invalid vote count of 81.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
DAVID, Wayne Lab 17,864 44.3% -0.6%
GOULD, Sam UKIP 7,791 19.3% 17.0%
DOCHERTY, Leo Con 6,683 16.6% -0.5%
NEWTON, Beci PC 5,895 14.6% -2.1%
BEDDOE, Katy Green 937 2.3% -
AYESH, Aladdin LD 935 2.3% -12.4%
DAVIES, Jaime TUSC 178 0.4% -

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 02:59 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.