Election for the constituency of North Shropshire on 7 May 2015

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

Conservative hold by Owen Paterson with a majority of 16,494 - 31.4% - on a turnout of 66.7%.

An electorate of 78,858, having a valid vote count of 52,573 and an invalid vote count of 116.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
PATERSON, Owen Con 27,041 51.4% -0.0%
CURRIE, Graeme Lab 10,547 20.1% 1.9%
ALLEN, Andrea UKIP 9,262 17.6% 12.9%
THORNHILL, Tom LD 3,148 6.0% -15.0%
KERR, Duncan Green 2,575 4.9% 3.3%

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

Result declared at 03:45 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.