An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Inverclyde, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Ronnie Cowan with a majority of 11,063 - 24.8% - on a turnout of 75.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
COWAN, Ronnie | SNP | 24,585 | 55.1% | 37.6% |
MCKENZIE, Iain | Lab | 13,522 | 30.3% | -25.6% |
JABBOUR, George | Con | 4,446 | 10.0% | -2.0% |
WATSON, John | LD | 1,106 | 2.5% | -10.9% |
BURROWS, Michael | UKIP | 715 | 1.6% | 0.4% |
HAMILTON, Craig | CSA | 233 | 0.5% | - |
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 59,350, having a valid vote count of 44,607 and an invalid vote count of 52.
Result declared at 03:03 on 8 May 2015.