Election for the constituency of Buckingham on 7 May 2015

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

Speaker hold by John Bercow with a majority of 22,942 - 42.7% - on a turnout of 69.3%.

An electorate of 77,425, having a valid vote count of 53,692 and an invalid vote count of 1,289.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
BERCOW, John Spk 34,617 64.5% 17.2%
FOWLER, Dave UKIP 11,675 21.7% 4.4%
FRANCIS, Alan Green 7,400 13.8% -

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

Result declared at 06:19 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.