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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%.

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% -

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

Result declared at 05:15 on 8 May 2015.