Election for the constituency of Newcastle Upon Tyne East on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Nicholas Brown with a majority of 12,494 - 31.9% - on a turnout of 61.1%.

An electorate of 64,243, having a valid vote count of 39,222 and an invalid vote count of 127.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BROWN, Nicholas Lab 19,378 49.4% 4.4%
CRUTE, Duncan Con 6,884 17.6% 1.5%
ROBINSON-YOUNG, David UKIP 4,910 12.5% -
TAYLOR, Wendy LD 4,332 11.0% -22.2%
GRAY, Andrew Green 3,426 8.7% 7.1%
PHILLIPS, Paul TUSC 170 0.4% -
STEVENSON, Mollie Comm 122 0.3% -0.2%

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

Result declared at 01:04 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.