Election for the constituency of Doncaster Central on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Rosie Winterton with a majority of 10,093 - 25.0% - on a turnout of 56.8%.

Candidates

Name	Party	Vote	Vote share	Vote change
WINTERTON, Rosie	Lab	19,840	49.1%	9.4%
HODGSON, Chris	UKIP	9,747	24.1%	20.7%
METCALFE, Zoe	Con	8,386	20.7%	-4.0%
BROWN, John	LD	1,717	4.2%	-16.8%
AKRAM, Mev	TUSC	421	1.0%	-
BURNETT, David	ED	309	0.8%	-3.6%

An electorate of 71,136, having a valid vote count of 40,420 and an invalid vote count of 208.

Result declared at 05:46 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.