An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Redcar, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats by Anna Turley with a majority of 10,388 - 25.4% - on a turnout of 63.1%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
TURLEY, Anna | Lab / Co-op | 17,946 | 43.9% | 11.1% |
MASON, Josh | LD | 7,558 | 18.5% | -26.7% |
GALLACHER, Christopher | UKIP | 7,516 | 18.4% | 13.9% |
YOUNG, Jacob | Con | 6,630 | 16.2% | 2.4% |
PINKNEY, Peter | Green | 880 | 2.2% | - |
LOCKEY, Philip | NEP | 389 | 1.0% | - |
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 64,826, having a valid vote count of 40,919 and an invalid vote count of 163.
Result declared at 03:38 on 8 May 2015.