Election for the constituency of City Of Durham on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Roberta Blackman-Woods with a majority of 11,439 - 25.0% - on a turnout of 66.5%.

An electorate of 68,725, having a valid vote count of 45,669 and an invalid vote count of 116.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BLACKMAN-WOODS, Roberta Lab 21,596 47.3% 3.0%
COULSON, Rebecca Con 10,157 22.2% 9.0%
CLARK, Liam UKIP 5,232 11.5% 9.6%
MARTIN, Craig LD 5,153 11.3% -26.4%
ELMER, Jonathan Green 2,687 5.9% -
MARSHALL, John Ind 649 1.4% -
COLLINGS, Jon Ind 195 0.4% -

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

Result declared at 04:57 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.