An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Bristol East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Kerry McCarthy with a majority of 3,980 - 8.6% - on a turnout of 64.9%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MCCARTHY, Kerry | Lab | 18,148 | 39.3% | 2.7% |
CLARKE, Theo | Con | 14,168 | 30.7% | 2.3% |
MCMURRAY, James | UKIP | 7,152 | 15.5% | 12.1% |
FRANCIS, Lorraine | Green | 3,827 | 8.3% | 6.5% |
MALIK, Abdul | LD | 2,689 | 5.8% | -18.6% |
GORDON, Matt | TUSC | 229 | 0.5% | 0.1% |
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 71,193, having a valid vote count of 46,213 and an invalid vote count of 162.
Result declared at 05:50 on 8 May 2015.