Election Results

Election for the constituency of Huddersfield on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Huddersfield, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Labour hold by Barry Sheerman with a majority of 7,345 - 18.1% - on a turnout of 62.0%.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SHEERMAN, Barry Lab / Co-op 18,186 44.9% 6.1%
ALI, Itrat Con 10,841 26.8% -1.0%
BUTLER, Rob UKIP 5,948 14.7% -
COOPER, Andrew Green 2,798 6.9% 2.9%
ALI, Zulfiqar LD 2,365 5.8% -18.9%
FORSTER, Mike TUSC 340 0.8% 0.1%

Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.

An electorate of 65,269, having a valid vote count of 40,478 and an invalid vote count of 173.

Result declared at 05:21 on 8 May 2015.