An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Makerfield, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Yvonne Fovargue with a majority of 13,155 - 29.4% - on a turnout of 60.3%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
FOVARGUE, Yvonne | Lab | 23,208 | 51.8% | 4.5% |
COLLINSON, Andrew | UKIP | 10,053 | 22.4% | - |
ZAIDI, Zehra | Con | 8,752 | 19.5% | 0.8% |
SKIPWORTH, John | LD | 1,639 | 3.7% | -12.5% |
MITCHELL, Philip | Green | 1,136 | 2.5% | - |
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 74,320, having a valid vote count of 44,788 and an invalid vote count of 131.
Result declared at 03:40 on 8 May 2015.