An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Rochdale, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
Labour hold by Simon Danczuk with a majority of 12,442 - 27.4% - on a turnout of 58.8%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
DANCZUK, Simon | Lab | 20,961 | 46.1% | 9.8% |
MASUD, Mohammed | UKIP | 8,519 | 18.8% | 14.4% |
AHMED, Azi | Con | 7,742 | 17.0% | -1.0% |
KELLY, Andy | LD | 4,667 | 10.3% | -24.2% |
AHMED, Farooq | RFP | 1,535 | 3.4% | - |
HOLLINRAKE, Mark | Green | 1,382 | 3.0% | - |
BRYAN, Kevin | NF | 433 | 1.0% | -3.9% |
SALIM, Mohammed | IZB | 191 | 0.4% | -0.8% |
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 77,248, having a valid vote count of 45,430 and an invalid vote count of 240.
Result declared at 04:05 on 8 May 2015.