7 May 2015
Result
An election was held in Rochester and Strood on 7 May 2015 to elect a member of parliament for the constituency . The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | |||
Conservative |
Kelly Jane Tolhurst 23,142 | 44.1 | |||
Ukip |
Mark John Reckless *16,009 | 30.5 | |||
Labour |
Naushabah Parveen Khan 10,396 | 19.8 | |||
Green party |
Clive Bryn Malcolm Gregory 1,516 | 2.9 | |||
Liberal Democrat |
Prue Bray 1,251 | 2.4 | |||
TUSC |
Daniel John Terence Burn 202 | 0.4 | |||
Majority | 7,133 | 13.6 | |||
Turnout | 52,516 | 66.8 | |||
Conservative gain from Ukip |
* Denotes member of parliament standing for re-election
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Vote Change
Swing
Election Expenses by Candidate
Candidates have individual limits on the amount they can spend during the election campaign. The limit for each candidate in Rochester and Strood in 2015 was £15,640.71 for the short campaign (the period beginning the day the individual officially becomes a candidate) and £37,640.71 for the long campaign.
Candidate | Long Campaign | Short Campaign | Total Expenses | £ per Vote | |
Mark John Reckless | £33,987.06 | £15,244.91 | £49,231.97 | £3.08 | |
Kelly Jane Tolhurst | £28,190.62 | £14,604.71 | £42,795.33 | £1.85 | |
Naushabah Parveen Khan | £0.00 | £3,403.44 | £3,403.44 | £0.33 | |
Prue Bray | £1,080.00 | £41.80 | £1,121.80 | £0.90 | |
Clive Bryn Malcolm Gregory | £78.62 | £653.25 | £731.87 | £0.48 | |
Daniel John Terence Burn | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
To order the candidates by name, amount spent or the cost per vote received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Election Expenses
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