An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Oldham West and Royton, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Michael Meacher with a majority of 14,738 - 34.2% - on a turnout of 60.2%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
MEACHER, Michael | Lab | 23,630 | 54.8% | 9.3% |
ARBOUR, Francis | UKIP | 8,892 | 20.6% | 17.4% |
GHAFOOR, Kamran | Con | 8,187 | 19.0% | -4.7% |
HARKNESS, Garth | LD | 1,589 | 3.7% | -15.4% |
HART, Simeon | Green | 839 | 1.9% | - |
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 71,652, having a valid vote count of 43,137 and an invalid vote count of 202.
Result declared at 04:53 on 8 May 2015.