Election for the constituency of Chesterfield on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Toby Perkins with a majority of 13,598 - 29.8% - on a turnout of 63.6%.

An electorate of 71,625, having a valid vote count of 45,567 and an invalid vote count of 179.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
PERKINS, Toby Lab 21,829 47.9% 8.9%
VIVIS, Mark Con 8,231 18.1% 2.3%
YEOWART, Stuart UKIP 7,523 16.5% 13.4%
CAMBRIDGE, Julia LD 6,301 13.8% -24.0%
GENN, Matthew Green 1,352 3.0% 1.7%
WHALE, Matthew TUSC 202 0.4% -
HOLGATE, Thomas PPNV 129 0.3% -

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

Result declared at 04:46 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.