Election for the constituency of Barnsley Central on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Dan Jarvis with a majority of 12,435 - 34.0% - on a turnout of 56.7%.

An electorate of 64,534, having a valid vote count of 36,560 and an invalid vote count of 110.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
JARVIS, Dan Lab 20,376 55.7% 8.5%
HUNTER, Lee UKIP 7,941 21.7% 17.1%
CARTER, Kay Con 5,485 15.0% -2.3%
SHORT, Michael Green 938 2.6% -
RIDGWAY, David LD 770 2.1% -15.2%
GIBSON, Dave TUSC 573 1.6% -
SUTTON, Ian ED 477 1.3% -

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

Result declared at 03:34 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.