By-election for the constituency of Heywood and Middleton on 9 October 2014

A by-election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Heywood and Middleton.

Labour hold by Liz McInnes with a majority of 617 - 2.2% - on a turnout of 36.0%.

An electorate of 79,170, having a valid vote count of 28,472 and an invalid vote count of 43.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
MCINNES, Liz Lab 11,633 40.9% 0.8%
BICKLEY, John UKIP 11,016 38.7% 36.1%
GARTSIDE, Iain Con 3,496 12.3% -14.9%
SMITH, Anthony LD 1,457 5.1% -17.6%
JACKSON, Abi Green 870 3.1% -

The writ for this by-election was issued on 10 September 2014.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.