Election for the constituency of Sutton Coldfield on 7 May 2015

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

Conservative hold by Andrew Mitchell with a majority of 16,417 - 32.3% - on a turnout of 67.8%.

An electorate of 74,956, having a valid vote count of 50,854 and an invalid vote count of 173.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MITCHELL, Andrew Con 27,782 54.6% 0.7%
POCOCK, Robert Lab 11,365 22.3% 2.0%
BROWN, Marcus UKIP 7,489 14.7% 11.6%
BRIGHTON-KNIGHT, Richard LD 2,627 5.2% -12.9%
RATCLIFF, David Green 1,426 2.8% 1.7%
SLEIGH, Mark TUP 165 0.3% -

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

Result declared at 04:50 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.