At the May 2015 general election , Hunter - Clarke achieved UKIP 's second best result in vote share , after Douglas Carswell , the sitting MP for Clacton with 44 % of the vote .
At the May 2015 General Election , Hunter - Clarke achieved UKIP 's Second Best General Election result in vote share . 
 The only candidate who received a better vote share , was sitting MP , Douglas Carswell , the MP for Clacton with 44 % of the vote .