Election for the constituency of Penrith and The Border on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Penrith and The Border, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Conservative hold by Rory Stewart with a majority of 19,894 - 45.3% - on a turnout of 67.4%.

An electorate of 65,209, having a valid vote count of 43,921 and an invalid vote count of 143.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
STEWART, Rory Con 26,202 59.7% 6.3%
RUSHWORTH, Lee Lab 6,308 14.4% 1.4%
STANYER, John UKIP 5,353 12.2% 9.4%
HUGHES, Neil LD 3,745 8.5% -19.9%
BURROW, George Green 2,313 5.3% -

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

Result declared at 05:49 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.