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UK general election on 7 May 2015 South West, England - Elections contested by Labour

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.

Read the House of Commons Library briefing.

Elections contested - Elections won

Constituency Candidate Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Vote change Position
Bath MIDDLETON, Ollie 63,084 74.8% 6,216 13.2% 6.3% 3rd
Bournemouth East STOKES, Peter 72,275 62.0% 7,448 16.6% 3.4% 2nd
Bournemouth West STOKES, David 72,082 58.0% 7,386 17.7% 2.9% 3rd
Bridgwater and West Somerset LERRY, Mick 80,491 67.6% 9,589 17.6% 0.5% 3rd
Bristol East MCCARTHY, Kerry 71,193 64.9% 18,148 39.3% 2.7% 1st
Bristol North West JONES, Darren 74,743 69.3% 17,823 34.4% 8.5% 2nd
Bristol South SMYTH, Karin 81,496 62.4% 19,505 38.4% -0.1% 1st
Bristol West DEBBONAIRE, Thangam 91,236 70.4% 22,900 35.7% 8.1% 1st
Camborne and Redruth FOSTER, Michael 66,944 68.5% 11,448 25.0% 8.6% 2nd
Central Devon RICHARDS, Lynne 72,737 74.9% 6,985 12.8% 5.9% 3rd
Cheltenham GILBERT, Paul 77,287 69.5% 3,902 7.3% 2.1% 3rd
Chippenham NEWMAN, Andy 74,218 74.7% 4,561 8.2% 1.3% 4th
Christchurch SATHERLEY, Andrew 69,303 71.7% 4,745 9.5% -0.3% 3rd
Devizes WATTS, Chris 69,205 70.8% 6,360 13.0% 2.8% 3rd
East Devon RACE, Stephen 76,519 71.5% 5,591 10.2% -0.6% 4th
Exeter BRADSHAW, Ben 76,968 70.2% 25,062 46.4% 8.2% 1st
Filton and Bradley Stoke BOULTON, Ian 71,310 68.9% 13,082 26.6% 0.2% 2nd
Forest Of Dean PARRY-HEARN, Steve 69,865 70.9% 12,204 24.6% 0.5% 2nd
Gloucester GARDNER, Sophy 82,968 63.4% 16,586 31.5% -3.6% 2nd
Kingswood MCCARRON, Jo 68,193 70.6% 14,246 29.6% -5.7% 2nd
Mid Dorset and North Poole CANAVAN, Patrick 64,299 72.3% 2,767 6.0% 0.1% 4th
Newton Abbot FREER, Roy 69,928 69.0% 4,736 9.8% 2.8% 4th
North Cornwall WHITBY, John 67,192 71.8% 2,621 5.4% 1.2% 4th
North Devon CANN, Mark 74,737 70.0% 3,699 7.1% 1.9% 4th
North Dorset FENDLEY, Kim 73,759 72.4% 4,785 9.0% 3.6% 4th
North East Somerset FOREMAN, Todd 69,380 73.7% 12,690 24.8% -6.8% 2nd
North Somerset CHAMBERS, Gregory 80,161 73.5% 8,441 14.3% 3.2% 2nd
North Swindon DEMPSEY, Mark 80,983 64.5% 14,509 27.8% -2.7% 2nd
North Wiltshire BALDREY, Peter 67,851 74.5% 4,930 9.8% 3.1% 4th
Plymouth, Moor View SEABECK, Alison 68,246 62.4% 14,994 35.2% -2.0% 2nd
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport POLLARD, Luke 73,274 65.5% 17,597 36.7% 5.0% 2nd
Poole ROSSER, Helen 72,557 65.3% 6,102 12.9% 0.1% 3rd
Salisbury CORBIN, Tom 69,582 72.9% 7,771 15.3% 7.7% 2nd
Somerton and Frome OAKENSEN, David 83,281 72.4% 4,419 7.3% 2.9% 5th
South Dorset BOWKETT, Simon 71,534 67.9% 11,762 24.2% -6.1% 2nd
South East Cornwall LLOYD, Declan 71,071 71.1% 4,692 9.3% 2.2% 4th
South Swindon SNELGROVE, Anne 73,926 66.6% 16,992 34.5% 0.2% 2nd
South West Devon SINGH, Chaz 71,035 70.9% 8,391 16.7% 4.2% 2nd
South West Wiltshire AYLETT, George 73,018 70.7% 6,948 13.5% 2.0% 3rd
St Austell and Newquay HOPKINS, Deborah 76,607 65.7% 5,150 10.2% 3.1% 4th
St Ives OLIVIER, Cornelius 65,570 73.7% 4,510 9.3% 1.2% 4th
Stroud DREW, David 80,544 75.5% 22,947 37.7% -0.9% 2nd
Taunton Deane GUILD, Neil 83,221 69.6% 5,347 9.2% 4.1% 4th
Tewkesbury BUXTON, Ed 78,910 70.1% 8,204 14.8% 3.2% 2nd
The Cotswolds SINGH KANG, Manjinder 78,290 72.4% 5,240 9.2% -1.5% 4th
Thornbury and Yate ROBERTS, Hadleigh 66,066 73.5% 3,775 7.8% 0.8% 4th
Tiverton and Honiton KOLEK, Caroline 76,270 70.5% 6,835 12.7% 3.8% 3rd
Torbay MADDOCK, Su 76,350 63.0% 4,166 8.7% 2.1% 4th
Torridge and West Devon SPARLING, Mike 78,621 72.0% 6,015 10.6% 5.4% 4th
Totnes WILLIAMS, Nicky 68,630 68.6% 5,988 12.7% 5.3% 3rd
Truro and Falmouth RODEN, Stuart 73,601 70.0% 7,814 15.2% 5.5% 3rd
Wells INCHLEY, Chris 79,405 71.7% 3,780 6.6% -0.9% 4th
West Dorset ROGERS, Rachel 78,000 72.4% 5,633 10.0% 3.3% 4th
Weston-Super-Mare TAYLOR, Tim 80,309 65.4% 9,594 18.3% 7.3% 2nd
Yeovil KING, Sheena 82,447 69.1% 4,053 7.1% 1.9% 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.