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2015 general election · East of England

Cambridge: 2015 general election result

Daniel Zeichner (Labour) won Cambridge at the 2015 general election with a majority of 599 (Lab gain from LD). Full result for every candidate, turnout and change since the last election.

Winner
Daniel ZeichnerLabour
Majority
5991.2% of valid votes
Turnout
62.1%51,774 valid votes
Electorate
83,384
Result
Lab gain from LD
Result
CandidatePartyVotesShareChangeShare bar
Daniel Zeichner ElectedLabour18,64636.0%+11.7
Julian Huppert sitting MPLiberal Democrats18,04734.9%−4.3
Chamali FernandoConservative8,11715.7%−9.9
Rupert ReadGreen4,1097.9%+0.4
Patrick O'FlynnUK Independence Party2,6685.2%+2.8
Keith GarrettRebooting Democracy1870.4%+0.4
Valid votes51,774
Majority5991.2%

Change compared with the 2010 general election (same boundaries).

Declared 8 May 2015, 06:00.

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Questions and answers

Who won Cambridge at the 2015 general election?

Daniel Zeichner (Labour) won with 18,646 votes (36.0%). Result: Lab gain from LD.

What was the majority in Cambridge in 2015?

599 votes (1.2% of valid votes) over the Liberal Democrats candidate, Julian Huppert.

What was the turnout in Cambridge in 2015?

62.1% of the 83,384 registered electors cast a valid vote (51,774 votes).

Official results UK Parliament election results data (House of Commons Library). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data

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