An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Ochil and South Perthshire, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh with a majority of 10,168 - 17.6% - on a turnout of 74.8%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
AHMED-SHEIKH, Tasmina | SNP | 26,620 | 46.0% | 18.4% |
BANKS, Gordon | Lab | 16,452 | 28.4% | -9.5% |
GRAHAM, Luke | Con | 11,987 | 20.7% | 0.2% |
STEFANOV, Iliyan | LD | 1,481 | 2.6% | -8.8% |
GRAY, Martin | UKIP | 1,331 | 2.3% | 0.9% |
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 77,370, having a valid vote count of 57,871 and an invalid vote count of 75.
Result declared at 02:30 on 8 May 2015.