Election for the constituency of West Lancashire on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Rosie Cooper with a majority of 8,360 - 16.8% - on a turnout of 70.1%.

An electorate of 70,906, having a valid vote count of 49,676 and an invalid vote count of 117.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
COOPER, Rosie Lab 24,474 49.3% 4.1%
GREENALL, Paul Con 16,114 32.4% -3.7%
SEN, Jack UKIP 6,058 12.2% 8.5%
BASSON, Ben Green 1,582 3.2% 2.2%
LEWIS, Daniel LD 1,298 2.6% -10.9%
BRAID, David WVP 150 0.3% -

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

Result declared at 04:55 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.