Election for the constituency of South East Cornwall on 7 May 2015

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

Conservative hold by Sheryll Murray with a majority of 16,995 - 33.7% - on a turnout of 71.1%.

An electorate of 71,071, having a valid vote count of 50,498 and an invalid vote count of 78.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MURRAY, Sheryll Con 25,516 50.5% 5.4%
HUTTY, Phil LD 8,521 16.9% -21.8%
MONK, Bradley UKIP 7,698 15.2% 9.0%
LLOYD, Declan Lab 4,692 9.3% 2.2%
CORNEY, Martin Green 2,718 5.4% 3.7%
LONG, Andrew MK 1,003 2.0% 0.7%
TRUBODY, George Ind 350 0.7% -

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

Result declared at 06:42 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.