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UK general election on 7 May 2015 North West, England - Elections contested by UK Independence Party

A general election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom with an electorate of 46,354,197, having 30,697,525 valid votes and 102,639 invalid votes.

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Elections contested - Elections won

Constituency Candidate Electorate Turnout Votes Vote share Vote change Position
Altrincham and Sale West FROST, Chris 71,511 70.6% 4,047 8.0% 4.8% 4th
Ashton-Under-Lyne JACKSON, Maurice 68,343 56.9% 8,468 21.8% 17.4% 3rd
Barrow and Furness CECIL, Nigel 68,338 63.3% 5,070 11.7% 9.8% 3rd
Birkenhead HARLING, Wayne 62,410 62.7% 3,838 9.8% 0.0% 3rd
Blackburn TAYLOR, Dayle 73,260 60.1% 6,280 14.3% 12.2% 3rd
Blackley and Broughton POWER, Martin 71,913 51.6% 6,108 16.5% 13.8% 2nd
Blackpool North and Cleveleys NOBLE, Simon 62,468 63.1% 5,823 14.8% 10.7% 3rd
Blackpool South WOOD, Peter 57,411 56.5% 5,613 17.3% 13.5% 3rd
Bolton North East LAMB, Harry 67,895 63.6% 8,117 18.8% 14.6% 3rd
Bolton South East ARMSTRONG, Jeff 69,687 58.5% 9,627 23.6% 19.7% 2nd
Bolton West HORSEFIELD, Bob 72,719 66.8% 7,428 15.3% 11.3% 3rd
Bootle NUTTALL, Paul 70,145 64.4% 4,915 10.9% 4.8% 2nd
Burnley COMMIS, Tom 64,477 61.6% 6,864 17.3% 15.0% 3rd
Bury North HENDERSON, Ian 67,580 66.9% 5,595 12.4% 9.5% 3rd
Bury South MARTIN, Séamus 73,883 63.9% 6,299 13.3% 11.2% 3rd
Carlisle MILLS, Fiona 65,827 64.7% 5,277 12.4% 10.1% 3rd
Cheadle HOPKINS, Shaun 73,239 72.5% 4,423 8.3% 5.6% 4th
Chorley SMITH, Mark 74,679 69.2% 6,995 13.5% 9.5% 3rd
City Of Chester INGRAM, Stephen 74,485 68.7% 4,148 8.1% 5.5% 3rd
Congleton SLAUGHTER, Lee 72,503 70.3% 6,922 13.6% 9.4% 3rd
Copeland PYE, Michael 62,087 63.8% 6,148 15.5% 13.2% 3rd
Crewe and Nantwich LEE, Richard 74,169 67.3% 7,252 14.5% 11.8% 3rd
Denton and Reddish FAIRFOULL, Andrew 66,141 58.5% 7,225 18.7% 13.2% 3rd
Eddisbury MILLINGTON, Rob 68,569 69.1% 5,778 12.2% 8.0% 3rd
Ellesmere Port and Neston STARKEY, Jonathan 69,223 67.5% 5,594 12.0% 8.3% 3rd
Fylde WHITE, Paul 65,679 66.3% 5,569 12.8% 8.3% 3rd
Garston and Halewood SCHEARS, Carl 73,719 66.4% 4,482 9.2% 5.6% 3rd
Halton REDICAN, Glyn 72,818 61.8% 6,333 14.1% 11.1% 3rd
Hazel Grove PALMER, Darran 63,098 68.5% 5,283 12.2% 7.1% 4th
Heywood and Middleton BICKLEY, John 79,989 60.7% 15,627 32.2% 29.6% 2nd
Hyndburn BROWN, Janet 68,341 62.8% 9,154 21.3% 17.9% 3rd
Knowsley BOURS, Louise 79,108 64.1% 4,973 9.8% 7.2% 2nd
Lancaster and Fleetwood ATKINS, Matthew 61,922 67.4% 4,060 9.7% 7.3% 3rd
Leigh LEGGETT, Les 75,905 59.4% 8,903 19.7% 16.3% 3rd
Liverpool, Riverside CHIFFERS, Joe 70,829 62.5% 2,510 5.7% 3.9% 4th
Liverpool, Walton FLATMAN, Steven 61,908 62.0% 3,445 9.0% 6.4% 2nd
Liverpool, Wavertree HEATHERINGTON, Adam 61,549 66.6% 3,375 8.2% 5.9% 3rd
Liverpool, West Derby MINEY, Neil 63,651 64.5% 3,475 8.5% 5.4% 2nd
Macclesfield HOWARD, Adrian 71,712 69.2% 6,037 12.2% 9.3% 3rd
Makerfield COLLINSON, Andrew 74,320 60.3% 10,053 22.4% 0.0% 2nd
Manchester Central POWER, Myles 86,078 52.7% 5,033 11.1% 9.6% 3rd
Manchester, Gorton ECKERSLEY, Phil 72,992 57.6% 3,434 8.2% 0.0% 4th
Manchester, Withington DAVIES, Mark 74,102 67.4% 2,172 4.3% 2.8% 5th
Morecambe and Lunesdale OGDEN, Steven 66,985 64.6% 5,358 12.4% 8.1% 3rd
Oldham East and Saddleworth KLONOWSKI, Peter 71,475 62.2% 8,557 19.2% 15.4% 3rd
Oldham West and Royton ARBOUR, Francis 71,652 60.2% 8,892 20.6% 17.4% 2nd
Pendle WADDINGTON, Mick 64,573 68.8% 5,415 12.2% 8.9% 3rd
Penrith and The Border STANYER, John 65,209 67.4% 5,353 12.2% 9.4% 3rd
Preston BARKER, James 59,981 55.8% 5,139 15.4% 10.9% 3rd
Ribble Valley PARKINSON, Shirley 77,379 67.5% 8,250 15.8% 9.1% 3rd
Rochdale MASUD, Mohammed 77,248 58.8% 8,519 18.8% 14.4% 2nd
Rossendale and Darwen BALCHIN, Clive 73,779 66.4% 6,862 14.0% 10.6% 3rd
Salford and Eccles DOYLE, Paul 74,291 58.2% 7,806 18.0% 15.4% 3rd
Sefton Central POWER, Tim 67,744 72.4% 4,879 10.0% 5.7% 3rd
Southport DURRANCE, Terry 67,326 65.5% 7,429 16.8% 11.7% 4th
South Ribble GALLAGHER, David 76,489 68.5% 7,377 14.1% 10.4% 3rd
Stalybridge and Hyde MCMANUS, Angela 71,357 57.5% 7,720 18.8% 15.5% 3rd
St Helens North SMITH, Ian 75,262 61.5% 6,983 15.1% 10.4% 3rd
St Helens South and Whiston BEIRNE, John 77,720 62.3% 6,766 14.0% 11.3% 3rd
Stockport WOOLFE, Steven 63,931 62.0% 5,206 13.1% 10.9% 3rd
Stretford and Urmston CHAPMAN, Kalvin 69,026 67.2% 5,068 10.9% 7.6% 3rd
Tatton HUTTON, Stuart 65,004 69.7% 4,871 10.8% 0.0% 3rd
Wallasey CATON, Geoffrey 65,495 66.2% 5,063 11.7% 8.8% 3rd
Warrington North NICHOLLS, Trevor 72,104 63.0% 7,757 17.1% 0.0% 3rd
Warrington South LINGLEY, Malcolm 84,767 70.0% 4,909 8.3% 5.3% 3rd
Weaver Vale WRIGHT, Amos 68,407 68.5% 4,547 9.7% 7.4% 3rd
West Lancashire SEN, Jack 70,906 70.1% 6,058 12.2% 8.5% 3rd
Westmorland and Lonsdale PIPER, Alan 65,857 74.3% 3,031 6.2% 4.6% 3rd
Wigan BRADLEY, Mark 75,990 59.6% 8,818 19.5% 13.8% 3rd
Wirral South SCOTT, David 56,956 73.5% 3,737 8.9% 5.7% 3rd
Wirral West JONES, Hilary 55,377 75.6% 2,772 6.6% 4.3% 3rd
Workington JENKINSON, Mark 58,615 65.6% 7,538 19.6% 17.4% 3rd
Worsley and Eccles South HAMMOND, Owen 72,177 58.3% 7,688 18.3% 13.4% 3rd
Wyre and Preston North WALSH, Kate 70,637 70.6% 6,577 13.2% 8.4% 3rd
Wythenshawe and Sale East CLAYTON, Lee 75,994 56.9% 6,354 14.7% 11.2% 3rd

Turnout as calculated by the House of Commons Library, is the total number of votes cast and not spoiled, divided by the size of the electorate.

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.