Results for a UK general election on 7 May 2015 East of England, England - Elections contested by Liberal Democrat
A general election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 46,354,197, having 30,697,525 valid votes and 102,639 invalid votes.
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Constituency | Candidate | Electorate | Turnout | Votes | Vote share | Vote change | Position |
Basildon and Billericay | THOMPSON, Martin | 66,347 | 64.9% | 1,636 | 3.8% | -11.9% | 4th |
Bedford | ROGERS, Mahmud | 69,311 | 66.5% | 1,958 | 4.2% | -15.6% | 4th |
Braintree | KLESEL, Matthew | 73,557 | 68.4% | 2,488 | 4.9% | -13.8% | 4th |
Brentwood and Ongar | KENDALL, David | 71,918 | 72.2% | 4,577 | 8.8% | -14.6% | 4th |
Broadland | RILEY, Steve | 73,552 | 72.2% | 5,178 | 9.8% | -22.6% | 4th |
Broxbourne | ROWLANDS, Anthony | 72,944 | 63.1% | 1,467 | 3.2% | -10.2% | 4th |
Bury St Edmunds | CHAPPELL, David | 85,982 | 69.0% | 3,581 | 6.0% | -20.4% | 5th |
Cambridge | HUPPERT, Julian | 83,384 | 62.1% | 18,047 | 34.9% | -4.3% | 2nd |
Castle Point | DAVEY, Sereena | 68,170 | 66.7% | 801 | 1.8% | -7.6% | 5th |
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | NEAL, Jon | 76,666 | 70.6% | 3,314 | 6.1% | -18.8% | 4th |
Chelmsford | ROBINSON, Stephen | 78,580 | 68.5% | 6,394 | 11.9% | -24.9% | 4th |
Clacton | GRACE, David | 68,936 | 64.1% | 812 | 1.8% | -11.1% | 5th |
Colchester | RUSSELL, Bob | 74,204 | 65.5% | 13,344 | 27.5% | -20.5% | 2nd |
Epping Forest | WHITEHOUSE, Jon | 73,447 | 67.2% | 3,448 | 7.0% | -14.5% | 4th |
Great Yarmouth | JOYCE, James | 69,793 | 63.7% | 1,030 | 2.3% | -12.1% | 4th |
Harlow | SEEFF, Geoffrey | 67,994 | 65.1% | 904 | 2.0% | -11.6% | 5th |
Harwich and North Essex | GRAHAM, Dominic | 69,290 | 69.9% | 3,576 | 7.4% | -16.2% | 4th |
Hemel Hempstead | MARTINS, Rabi | 74,616 | 66.5% | 2,402 | 4.8% | -18.0% | 4th |
Hertford and Stortford | GREEN, Michael | 80,610 | 69.8% | 4,385 | 7.8% | -18.2% | 4th |
Hertsmere | BOWLER, Sophie | 73,767 | 67.9% | 2,777 | 5.5% | -11.8% | 4th |
Hitchin and Harpenden | PEARCE, Pauline | 80,333 | 68.9% | 4,484 | 8.1% | -18.6% | 4th |
Huntingdon | CANTRILL, Rod | 82,593 | 67.7% | 4,375 | 7.8% | -21.1% | 4th |
Ipswich | AKINWALE, Chika | 74,499 | 65.4% | 1,400 | 2.9% | -15.4% | 5th |
Luton North | ULZAMAN, Aroosa | 67,329 | 63.2% | 1,299 | 3.1% | -8.1% | 4th |
Luton South | AHMED, Ashuk | 67,741 | 62.3% | 3,183 | 7.5% | -15.1% | 4th |
Maldon | O'CONNELL, Zoe | 69,066 | 69.6% | 2,157 | 4.5% | -14.8% | 5th |
Mid Bedfordshire | JACK, Linda | 78,501 | 74.0% | 4,193 | 7.2% | -17.7% | 4th |
Mid Norfolk | SPEED, Paul | 77,154 | 67.7% | 3,300 | 6.3% | -15.9% | 4th |
North East Bedfordshire | MORRIS, Peter | 83,551 | 70.2% | 3,418 | 5.8% | -15.9% | 4th |
North East Cambridgeshire | NETHSINGHA, Lucy | 82,990 | 62.4% | 2,314 | 4.5% | -15.6% | 4th |
North East Hertfordshire | JORDAN, Joe | 74,000 | 70.7% | 3,952 | 7.6% | -15.8% | 4th |
North Norfolk | LAMB, Norman | 68,867 | 71.8% | 19,299 | 39.1% | -16.4% | 1st |
North West Cambridgeshire | SANDFORD, Nick | 90,318 | 67.6% | 3,479 | 5.7% | -16.2% | 4th |
North West Norfolk | LANHAM, Hugh | 74,402 | 63.7% | 1,673 | 3.5% | -19.7% | 5th |
Norwich North | WRIGHT, James | 64,515 | 67.6% | 1,894 | 4.3% | -13.9% | 5th |
Norwich South | WRIGHT, Simon | 74,875 | 64.7% | 6,607 | 13.6% | -15.7% | 4th |
Peterborough | FOWER, Darren | 72,530 | 64.9% | 1,774 | 3.8% | -15.9% | 4th |
Rayleigh and Wickford | PITT, Mike | 77,174 | 69.0% | 1,622 | 3.0% | -12.1% | 5th |
Rochford and Southend East | GWIZDALA, Peter | 71,935 | 60.6% | 1,459 | 3.3% | -16.1% | 5th |
Saffron Walden | HIBBS, Mike | 80,615 | 71.4% | 6,079 | 10.6% | -16.9% | 4th |
South Basildon and East Thurrock | WILLIAMS, Geoff | 71,155 | 64.1% | 1,356 | 3.0% | -10.4% | 4th |
South Cambridgeshire | KINDERSLEY, Sebastian | 84,132 | 73.1% | 9,368 | 15.2% | -18.9% | 3rd |
South East Cambridgeshire | CHATFIELD, Jonathan | 84,570 | 70.4% | 12,008 | 20.2% | -17.5% | 2nd |
Southend West | COLLINS, Paul | 66,876 | 66.6% | 4,129 | 9.3% | -20.1% | 4th |
South Norfolk | HOWE, Jacqueline | 80,721 | 70.8% | 4,689 | 8.2% | -21.2% | 4th |
South Suffolk | WEAVER, Grace | 73,836 | 70.3% | 4,044 | 7.8% | -23.1% | 4th |
South West Bedfordshire | RUTHERFORD, Stephen | 79,285 | 64.7% | 2,646 | 5.2% | -14.9% | 4th |
South West Hertfordshire | QUINTON, Nigel | 79,668 | 71.9% | 5,872 | 10.3% | -17.7% | 4th |
South West Norfolk | MOSS-ECCARDT, Rupert | 76,970 | 65.1% | 2,217 | 4.4% | -17.2% | 4th |
St Albans | WALKINGTON, Sandy | 75,825 | 71.8% | 10,076 | 18.5% | -17.9% | 3rd |
Stevenage | VAN DE VEN, Susan | 70,597 | 67.7% | 1,582 | 3.3% | -13.3% | 4th |
Suffolk Coastal | SANDBACH, James | 77,816 | 71.4% | 4,777 | 8.6% | -21.2% | 4th |
Thurrock | JAMIESON-BALL, Rhodri | 77,559 | 63.9% | 644 | 1.3% | -9.4% | 4th |
Watford | THORNHILL, Dorothy | 83,535 | 67.2% | 10,152 | 18.1% | -14.3% | 3rd |
Waveney | GORDON, Steve | 80,166 | 65.1% | 1,055 | 2.0% | -11.3% | 5th |
Welwyn Hatfield | ANNAND, Hugh | 73,247 | 68.5% | 3,140 | 6.3% | -10.1% | 4th |
West Suffolk | TEALBY - WATSON, Elfreda | 76,198 | 64.6% | 2,465 | 5.0% | -18.4% | 4th |
Witham | HAYES, Jo | 67,090 | 70.3% | 2,891 | 6.1% | -13.6% | 4th |
Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.
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.