UK general elections › 2015 › Oldham East and Saddleworth
Oldham East and Saddleworth — 2015
Debbie Abrahams (Labour Party) was elected with 17,529 votes— 39.4% 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
| 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 | Debbie Abrahams | Labour Party | 17,529 | 39.4% | −10.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sajjad Hussain | Conservative Party | 11,527 | 25.9% | — | |
| 3 | Peter Klonowski | UK Independence Party | 8,557 | 19.2% | — | |
| 4 | Richard Marbrow | Liberal Democrats | 5,718 | 12.9% | — | |
| 5 | Miranda Meadowcroft | Green Party | 1,152 | 2.6% | — |
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.