Election for the constituency of Worsley and Eccles South on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Barbara Keeley with a majority of 5,946 - 14.1% - on a turnout of 58.3%.

An electorate of 72,177, having a valid vote count of 42,048 and an invalid vote count of 136.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
KEELEY, Barbara Lab 18,600 44.2% 1.3%
LINDLEY, Iain Con 12,654 30.1% -2.4%
HAMMOND, Owen UKIP 7,688 18.3% 13.4%
BERTENSHAW, Chris Green 1,242 3.0% -
CLARKSON, Kate LD 1,100 2.6% -13.9%
NORTH, Steven TUSC 380 0.9% -
MCNALLY, Mags WARP 200 0.5% -
BERG, Geoffrey Ind 184 0.4% -

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

Result declared at 05:15 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.