Election for the constituency of Crawley on 7 May 2015

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

Conservative hold by Henry Smith with a majority of 6,526 - 13.4% - on a turnout of 65.7%.

An electorate of 73,936, having a valid vote count of 48,550 and an invalid vote count of 130.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SMITH, Henry Con 22,829 47.0% 2.3%
OXLADE, Chris Lab 16,303 33.6% 1.3%
BROWN, Chris UKIP 6,979 14.4% 11.5%
OSBORNE, Sarah LD 1,339 2.8% -11.6%
HUDSON, Guy Green 1,100 2.3% 1.0%

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

Result declared at 03:49 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.