UK general elections2015 › Oldham East and Saddleworth

Oldham East and Saddleworth — 2015

Debbie Abrahams (Labour Party) was elected with 17,529 votes39.4% of 44,483 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. 39.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −10.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 44,483

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare 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
1Debbie Abrahams Labour Party 17,52939.4%−10.6 ptsElected
2Sajjad Hussain Conservative Party 11,52725.9%
3Peter Klonowski UK Independence Party 8,55719.2%
4Richard Marbrow Liberal Democrats 5,71812.9%
5Miranda Meadowcroft Green Party 1,1522.6%

Electorate 71,475 · Turnout 62.2% · Majority 6,002 · Back to 2015 overview

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.