Election for the constituency of Huddersfield on 7 May 2015

An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Huddersfield, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.

Labour hold by Barry Sheerman with a majority of 7,345 - 18.1% - on a turnout of 62.0%.

An electorate of 65,269, having a valid vote count of 40,478 and an invalid vote count of 173.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
SHEERMAN, Barry Lab / Co-op 18,186 44.9% 6.1%
ALI, Itrat Con 10,841 26.8% -1.0%
BUTLER, Rob UKIP 5,948 14.7% -
COOPER, Andrew Green 2,798 6.9% 2.9%
ALI, Zulfiqar LD 2,365 5.8% -18.9%
FORSTER, Mike TUSC 340 0.8% 0.1%

The writ for this election was issued on 30 March 2015.

Result declared at 05:21 on 8 May 2015. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

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.