Peterborough

Peterborough is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East of England region of England. The seat was last held by Paul Bristow (Conservative) between 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 7 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
1,925
Electorate
72,530
Turnout
64.9%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Stewart Jackson
Conservative
18,684 39.7% -0.7%
Lisa Forbes
Labour
16,759 35.6% 6.1%
Mary Herdman
UK Independence Party
7,485 15.9% 9.2%
Darren Fower
Liberal Democrat
1,774 3.8% -15.9%
Darren Bisby-Boyd
Green Party
1,218 2.6% 1.4%
Chris Ash
Liberal
639 1.4% 1.4%
John Fox
Independent
516 1.1% 1.1%