Election for the constituency of Foyle on 7 May 2015

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

SDLP hold by Mark Durkan with a majority of 6,046 - 16.3% - on a turnout of 52.8%.

An electorate of 70,036, having a valid vote count of 37,002 and an invalid vote count of 526.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
DURKAN, Mark SDLP 17,725 47.9% 3.2%
Ó HEÁRA, Gearóid SF 11,679 31.6% -0.4%
MIDDLETON, Gary DUP 4,573 12.4% 0.5%
KEE, Julia UUP 1,226 3.3% -
HAWTHORNE, David APNI 835 2.3% 1.7%
THOMPSON, Kyle UKIP 832 2.2% -
BADENOCH, Hamish Con 132 0.4% -

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

Result declared at 01:42 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.