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.

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.