2015 General Election
The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 11 candidates ran for election.
Summary
CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
2,812
Electorate
70,970
Turnout
69.6%
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Craig Mackinlay
Conservative
|
18,838 | 38.1% | -9.9% |
|
|
Nigel Farage
UK Independence Party
|
16,026 | 32.4% | 26.9% |
|
|
Will Scobie
Labour
|
11,740 | 23.8% | -7.6% |
|
|
Ian Driver
Green Party
|
1,076 | 2.2% | 2.2% |
|
|
Russell Timpson
Liberal Democrat
|
932 | 1.9% | -13.2% |
|
|
Al Murray
Independent
|
318 | 0.6% | 0.6% |
|
|
Ruth Bailey
Manston Airport Independent Party
|
191 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
|
|
Nigel Askew
We Are The Reality Party
|
126 | 0.3% | 0.3% |
|
|
Grahame Birchall
Party for a United Thanet
|
63 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
|
|
Dean McCastree
Independent
|
61 | 0.1% | 0.1% |
|
|
Zebadiah Abu-Obadiah
Al-Zebabist Nation of Ooog
|
30 | 0.1% | 0.1% |