Election for the constituency of Bolton South East on 7 May 2015

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

Labour hold by Yasmin Qureshi with a majority of 10,928 - 26.8% - on a turnout of 58.5%.

An electorate of 69,687, having a valid vote count of 40,743 and an invalid vote count of 134.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
QURESHI, Yasmin Lab 20,555 50.5% 3.0%
ARMSTRONG, Jeff UKIP 9,627 23.6% 19.7%
DEAN, Mudasir Con 8,289 20.3% -5.3%
JOHNSON, Alan Green 1,200 2.9% 1.4%
REYNOLDS, Darren LD 1,072 2.6% -13.2%

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

Result declared at 04:30 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.