An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Bolton South East, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Yasmin Qureshi with a majority of 10,928 - 26.8% - on a turnout of 58.5%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
QURESHI, Yasmin | Lab | 20,555 | 50.5% | 3.0% |
ARMSTRONG, Jeff | UKIP | 9,627 | 23.6% | 19.7% |
DEAN, Mudasir | Con | 8,289 | 20.3% | -5.3% |
JOHNSON, Alan | Green | 1,200 | 2.9% | 1.4% |
REYNOLDS, Darren | LD | 1,072 | 2.6% | -13.2% |
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 69,687, having a valid vote count of 40,743 and an invalid vote count of 134.
Result declared at 04:30 on 8 May 2015.