An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Hackney South and Shoreditch, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Meg Hillier with a majority of 24,213 - 50.9% - on a turnout of 56.0%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
HILLIER, Meg | Lab / Co-op | 30,633 | 64.4% | 8.6% |
TINLEY, John | Con | 6,420 | 13.5% | -0.0% |
GEORGE, Charlotte | Green | 5,519 | 11.6% | 8.1% |
MATHIS, Benjamin | LD | 2,186 | 4.6% | -17.8% |
SMALL, David | UKIP | 1,818 | 3.8% | 2.3% |
DEBUS, Brian | TUSC | 302 | 0.6% | - |
BIRCH, Paul | CSA | 297 | 0.6% | - |
ADEWUYI, Taiwo | CPA | 236 | 0.5% | - |
HIGGS, Russell | Ind | 78 | 0.2% | - |
ROGERS, William | WRP | 63 | 0.1% | - |
SHRIGLEY, Gordon | Cam | 28 | 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 84,971, having a valid vote count of 47,580 and an invalid vote count of 191.
Result declared at 04:43 on 8 May 2015.