An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Salford and Eccles, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Rebecca Long Bailey with a majority of 12,541 - 29.0% - on a turnout of 58.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
LONG BAILEY, Rebecca | Lab | 21,364 | 49.4% | 9.3% |
DOWNES, Greg | Con | 8,823 | 20.4% | -0.1% |
DOYLE, Paul | UKIP | 7,806 | 18.0% | 15.4% |
VAN DYKE, Emma | Green | 2,251 | 5.2% | - |
BRIGGS, Charlie | LD | 1,614 | 3.7% | -22.6% |
BERRY, Bez | WARP | 703 | 1.6% | - |
BAILEY, Noreen | TUSC | 517 | 1.2% | -0.6% |
CLARK, Sam | Prte | 183 | 0.4% | - |
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 74,291, having a valid vote count of 43,261 and an invalid vote count of 201.
Result declared at 05:33 on 8 May 2015.