Election for the constituency of Basildon and Billericay on 7 May 2015

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

Conservative hold by John Baron with a majority of 12,482 - 29.0% - on a turnout of 64.9%.

An electorate of 66,347, having a valid vote count of 43,028 and an invalid vote count of 198.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BARON, John Con 22,668 52.7% -0.1%
CALLAGHAN, Gavin Lab 10,186 23.7% 0.6%
KONSTANTINIDIS, George UKIP 8,538 19.8% 16.0%
THOMPSON, Martin LD 1,636 3.8% -11.9%

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

Result declared at 03:23 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.