UK general elections › 2015 › Heywood and Middleton
Heywood and Middleton — 2015
Liz McInnes (Labour Party) was elected with 20,926 votes— 43.1% of 48,538 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 43.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −6.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,538
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liz McInnes | Labour Party | 20,926 | 43.1% | −6.9 pts | Elected |
| 2 | John Bickley | UK Independence Party | 15,627 | 32.2% | — | |
| 3 | Iain Gartside | Conservative Party | 9,268 | 19.1% | — | |
| 4 | Anthony Smith | Liberal Democrats | 1,607 | 3.3% | — | |
| 5 | Abi Jackson | Green Party | 1,110 | 2.3% | — |
Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved
2026-05-19, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.