Election for the constituency of Dudley North on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Ian Austin with a majority of 4,181 - 11.0% - on a turnout of 62.6%.

An electorate of 60,717, having a valid vote count of 37,992 and an invalid vote count of 97.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
AUSTIN, Ian Lab 15,885 41.8% 3.2%
JONES, Les Con 11,704 30.8% -6.2%
ETHERIDGE, Bill UKIP 9,113 24.0% 15.5%
DUCKWORTH, Will Green 517 1.4% -
COLLINS, Mike LD 478 1.3% -9.3%
AFZAL, Rehan APN 156 0.4% -
PITT, Dave TUSC 139 0.4% -

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

Result declared at 05:07 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.