An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Blackley and Broughton, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Graham Stringer with a majority of 16,874 - 45.5% - on a turnout of 51.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
STRINGER, Graham | Lab | 22,982 | 61.9% | 7.7% |
POWER, Martin | UKIP | 6,108 | 16.5% | 13.8% |
TANFIELD-JOHNSON, Michelle | Con | 5,581 | 15.0% | -3.3% |
JONES, David | Green | 1,567 | 4.2% | - |
GADSDEN, Richard | LD | 874 | 2.4% | -11.9% |
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 71,913, having a valid vote count of 37,112 and an invalid vote count of 194.
Result declared at 04:35 on 8 May 2015.