Election for the constituency of Shipley on 7 May 2015

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

Conservative hold by Philip Davies with a majority of 9,624 - 19.0% - on a turnout of 71.7%.

An electorate of 70,464, having a valid vote count of 50,542 and an invalid vote count of 120.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
DAVIES, Philip Con 25,269 50.0% 1.4%
CLAPCOTE, Steve Lab 15,645 31.0% 2.5%
ALI KHAN, Waqas UKIP 4,479 8.9% -
WARNES, Kevin Green 2,657 5.3% 2.3%
MARTIN, Andrew LD 1,949 3.9% -16.2%
HILL, Darren YF 543 1.1% -

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

Result declared at 07:10 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.