An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Folkestone and Hythe, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Damian Collins with a majority of 13,797 - 25.1% - on a turnout of 65.8%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
COLLINS, Damian | Con | 26,323 | 47.9% | -1.6% |
YEO, Harriet | UKIP | 12,526 | 22.8% | 18.2% |
JEFFREY, Claire | Lab | 7,939 | 14.4% | 3.6% |
BEAUMONT, Lynne | LD | 4,882 | 8.9% | -21.4% |
WHYBROW, Martin | Green | 2,956 | 5.4% | 4.2% |
CRUSE, Seth | TUSC | 244 | 0.4% | - |
KAPUR, Rohen | YPP | 72 | 0.1% | - |
THOMAS-EMANS, Andy | SPGB | 68 | 0.1% | - |
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.
An electorate of 83,651, having a valid vote count of 55,010 and an invalid vote count of 265.
Result declared at 05:16 on 8 May 2015.