United Kingdom general election, 2015 (Cornwall)

United Kingdom general election, 2015

7 May 2015 (2015-05-07)
All 6 Cornish seats to the House of Commons
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Cameron Nick Clegg Nigel Farage Party Conservative Liberal Democrat UKIP Leader since 6 December 2005 18 December 2007 5 November 2010 Last election 3 3 0 Seats before 3 3 0 Seats won 6 0 0 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 127,089 66,056 40,785 Percentage 43.4 22.5 13.9 Swing 2.5% 19.3% 9.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Natalie Bennett Leader Ed Miliband Natalie Bennett Dick Cole Party Labour Green Mebyon Kernow Leader since 25 September 2010 3 September 2012 1997 Last election 0 0 0 Seats before 0 0 0 Seats won 0 0 0 Seat change Popular vote 36,235 17,241 5,675 Percentage 12.4 5.9 1.9 Swing 3.8% 4.6%
Constituency map of Cornwall, coloured by winning party
Prime Minister before election David Cameron Conservative Subsequent Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative

The United Kingdom general election, 2015, was held on 7 May 2015 and all 6 seats in Cornwall were contested. The election saw the Liberal Democrat vote half. In contrast the Conservative vote remained relatively intact, enabling them to capture the Liberal Democrat constituencies. Following the election the Conservatives controlled all Cornish constituencies.

Overall results

Party		MPs	+/-	Votes	%	+/-%
	Conservative Party	6	3	127,089	43.4	2.5
	Liberal Democrats	0	3	66,056	22.5	19.3
	UKIP	0		40,785	13.9	9.0
	Labour Party	0		36,235	12.4	3.8
	Green Party	0		17,241	5.9	4.6
	Mebyon Kernow	0		5,675	1.9

Opinion polling

Camborne and Redruth

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Con	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	MK	OMRLP	Others	Lead
24–26 Mar 2015	Ashcroft	500	37%	24%	13%	14%	8%	–	–	3%	13% over Lab
25 Nov 2014	Survation/University of Exeter	500	30.0%	22.4%	6.3%	33.0%	6.9%	0.9%	0.4%	0.1%	3.0% over Con
6 May 2010	General Election Results	42,493	37.6%	16.3%	37.4%	5.1%	1.4%	1.8%	–	0.4%	0.2% over LD

St Austell and Newquay

Date(s) conducted	Polling organisation/client	Sample size	Con	Lab	LD	UKIP	Green	Others	Lead
15 Mar 2015	Ashcroft	1002	32%	10%	26%	20%	6%	4%	6% over LD
6–16 Aug 2014	Ashcroft	493	27%	13%	26%	25%	6%	3%	1% over LD
19–25 May 2014	Ashcroft	473	32%	10%	24%	25%	4%	5%	7% over UKIP
6 May 2010	General Election Results	47,238	40.0%	7.2%	42.7%	3.7%	–	6.4%	2.8% over Con

Endorsements

The following Cornish media and organisations endorsed various parties and individual candidates

See also

• Constituencies in Cornwall