An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Newbury, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Conservative hold by Richard Benyon with a majority of 26,368 - 46.0% - on a turnout of 72.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
BENYON, Richard | Con | 34,973 | 61.0% | 4.6% |
BUNTING, Judith | LD | 8,605 | 15.0% | -20.5% |
ANDERSON, Catherine | UKIP | 6,195 | 10.8% | 8.3% |
ROBERTS, Jonny | Lab | 4,837 | 8.4% | 4.2% |
FIELD, Paul | Green | 2,324 | 4.1% | 3.2% |
NORMAN, Peter | AD | 228 | 0.4% | 0.2% |
SINGLETON, Barrie | Ind | 85 | 0.1% | - |
STOTT, Andrew | PSP | 53 | 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 79,512, having a valid vote count of 57,300 and an invalid vote count of 205.
Result declared at 12:52 on 8 May 2015.